Polaroid photograph of a work on canvas on an easel by Donna Summer
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1991
name: label: Photograph by
content: Donna Summer, American, 1948 - 2012
label: Manufactured by
content: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
notes: label: Description
content: A color Polaroid photograph of a painting on an easel by Donna Summer, taken by Donna Summer. The image is centered on an abstract portrait of a Native American man in regalia, sitting on an easel. The man is shown in bust pose on the right of the portrait, with his head turned towards his proper right shoulder. He is wearing white regalia with blue and gold detailing on the sleeves and collars, as well as a war bonnet with yellow and white feathers and blue and red ribbons framing his face. The man is painted against a red, black, and white striped background at the top and a yellow background at the bottom. The painting is resting against a thin white board. The portrait, and the wooden easel it is sitting on, partially obscures another painting resting on the floor behind it. The painting on the floor is highly abstract and set against a black background. It features horizontal black and yellow stripes as well as vertical blue, yellow, and black stripes. At the top center is a finger with a red fingernail just below a wedge shape with a leopard print pattern. The painting is resting on a medium brown wooden floor and leaning against a plain white wall. In the background is a set of windows with gray valence hanging above. The back of the polaroid is black with a white frame. The date and film code, [02111111089], is printed in the bottom left corner with [POLAROID ® 6] in the right corner.
place: label: Place captured
content: Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Disco (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.85.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: dye diffusion transfer prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Donna Summer
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Sheet): 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 1/16 in. (10.8 × 8.9 × 0.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in. (7.9 × 7.8 cm)