Autographed photograph of LeRoi Jones
date: label: Date
content: January 31, 1962
name: label: Photograph by
content: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white bust photographic portrait of LeRoi Jones, later known as Amiri Baraka. He is seated looking at the viewer with his proper left hand resting under his chin. He is wearing a dark, tweed jacket, striped shirt, and paisley patterned tie. Jones is seated in front of a white cloth background with visible foldmarks just above his shoulders. In the upper left corner hangs a triangle of cloth that has a dark band patterned with circles and “x” shapes. Below the dark band is a white band with twelve, dark outlined circles. Embossed at the bottom, lower left corner of the photograph is the photographer's stamp that reads: [PHOTOGRAPH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN]. On the verso, just below center is a stamp of three (3) lines of block text in black ink that reads: [PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL VAN VECHTEN / 146 CENTRAL PARK WEST / CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION]. Below the stamp is a handwritten note in black ink that reads: [II TT-5 / January 31 1962]. In the lower right corner is the signature of LeRoi Jones in faded purple ink. In the upper right corner is three (3) lines of additional text in pencil [LeRoi Jones / 342816 / 3000-].
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Poetry
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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: 2014.175.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (24.8 × 19.4 cm)