<I>Forest Whitaker</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2001; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Forest Steven Whitaker III, American, born 1961
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Forest Whitaker, by Platon. Whitaker is depicted seated in a four-legged wooden stool. He is leaning back and towards the left edge of the photograph. His proper right foot is planted next to the front leg of the stool with his leg and knee turned outwards towards the left edge of the photograph. His proper right hand is resting on top of his proper right knee. His proper left leg is stretched out diagonally towards the right edge of the photograph and his proper left hand rests on top of his thigh. The photograph was taken from below with his proper left foot in the foreground. Whitaker has a serious expression on his face, and he is looking downwards towards the viewer. He is wearing a light tone, button-down, collared shirt with medium tone vertical stripes; a light tone, knee length, thin jacket; light tone jeans; black leather gloves; a dark tone knitted cap; and heavily worn, black leather shoes. 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: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2021.33.33
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: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)