<I>Michelle Obama</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of First Lady Michelle Obama, by Platon. The bust pose close-up of Obama depicts her facing the viewer and wears a slight smile on her face. She is cupping the sides of her face with both hands with her chin propped on base of her palms. Her shoulder length hair is arranged in a bob with a proper left part and side swept bangs. She is wearing a light tone, button down blouse with a diamond texture pattern that is open at the collar. She is also wearing a solitaire gemstone ring on the ring finger of her proper left hand and a metal watch with a square face on her proper left wrist. The background of the photograph is bright white. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
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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, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.29
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 21 × 20 in. (53.3 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)