<I>Slow Fade to Black: Ethel Waters</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009-2010
name: label: Photograph by
content: Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953
label: Subject of
content: Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977
notes: label: Description
content: Color inkjet print (a) of Ethel Waters in a green frame (b).
label: Description
content: The photograph (a) is intentionally out of focus. The figure of Ethel Waters has her body turned away from the camera with her face looking back over her shoulder. She is smiling at the camera. Her back is bare and she is holding a red flower over her shoulder. The background is white with green leaves on the left. The original image shows Ethel Waters partially draped in lace fabric and wearing metal jewelry with diamond-shaped hanging earrings, a ring, and a bracelet. Waters is wearing pink lipstick and purple eyeshadow. The red rose and stem is fully visible from where she holds it over her shoulder.
label: Description
content: The photograph is inset in the frame (b). The back borders of the frame are raised and have paper tape around the edges. At the top is a sticker with the TransArt International shipping label. The center portion of the frame has two white adhesive labels, one with information about the artist, Carrie Mae Weems. The other has exhibit details and the address for the Jack Shainman Gallery. Below this tag is information about the frame with cleaning instructions marked in black pen. There is a corded metal wire screwed into the frame to hang the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Slow Fade to Black
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder in honor of Richard and Laura Parsons, Colin and Alma Powell, and Darren Walker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.20.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carrie Mae Weems
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: inkjet print (a): ink on photographic paper;
label: Medium
content: frame (b): acrylic, wood, wire and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Frame): 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (32.7 × 25.1 × 3.8 cm)