Photograph of Mary J. Blige
date: label: Date
content: 1992-1997
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Mary J. Blige, American, born 1971
notes: label: Description
content: Five prints of a color photograph of Mary J. Blige. Blige is pictured wearing a dark green velvet dress and a beaded pagoda headdress. She is standing in front of a backdrop covered with multiple layers of white and yellow paper with red Asian style lettering on them. Her hands are in her pockets.
label: Description
content: 2015.132.100.3 was printed on Epson inkjet photo paper and bears an inscription by Bill Adler on the back by Bill Adler.
label: Description
content: 2015.132.100.5 is signed and dated on the back by Michael Benabib; it also has an inscription by Bill Adler with the subject and date by Bill Adler.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography 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: 2015.132.100.1-.5
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: laser prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Benabib
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.1 Sheet): 24 5/16 × 19 15/16 in. (61.7 × 50.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.1 Image): 15 9/16 × 14 5/16 in. (39.5 × 36.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.2 Sheet): 24 5/16 × 19 15/16 in. (61.8 × 50.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.2 Image): 17 3/8 × 16 in. (44.2 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.3 Sheet): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.3 Image): 10 7/8 × 10 in. (27.6 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.4 Sheet): 17 13/16 × 15 3/16 in. (45.2 × 38.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.4 Image): 15 9/16 × 14 5/16 in. (39.5 × 36.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.5 Sheet): 19 15/16 × 16 1/4 in. (50.7 × 41.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.100.5 Image): 16 7/8 × 15 1/2 in. (42.9 × 39.3 cm)