<I>Mike Tyson</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Mike Tyson, American, born 1966
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Mike Tyson, by Platon. The close-up of Tyson depicts him from the shoulders up. His torso and face are turned in a three-quarters pose towards the left edge of the photograph but his eyes are looking towards center at the viewer. He has a serious expression on his face. A large, black, tribal style tattoo is visible over his proper left temple and eyebrow as well as a second one in the top corner of his proper left cheekbone and extends up towards the corner of his eye. Both tattoos feature a swirl pattern with pointed tendrils that partially circle and frame his proper left eye. He is wearing a light tone dress shirt unbuttoned at the collar. He also has a light scruff beard over his cheeks and chin and a soul patch under his lip. 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: Actors
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2021.33.63
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): 19 3/4 × 15 13/16 in. (50.2 × 40.2 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)