<I>A Portrait of Two American Artists as Young Negro Scholars</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Created by
content: Rashid Johnson, American, born 1977
label: Created by
content: Hank Willis Thomas, American, born 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white digital chromogenic print portrait of artists Rashid Johnson (left) and Hank Willis Thomas (right). Johnson and Thomas are depicted from the waist up in front of an intricate, geometric backdrop. Both men wear dark pinstripe suit jackets, black neck ties with graphic white stripes, and white shirts. Johnson has long dark dreadlocks and gazes up and to his proper left. Thomas has dark short hair and looks directly into the camera with his head turned slightly to his proper right. Both men hold their fisted hands at the lapels of their jackets. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Men
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Rubell Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.277
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: laser prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Rashid Johnson, Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and David Kordansky Gallery
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and silver with photographic gelatin on photographic paper mounted on foam
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 20 1/16 × 30 1/16 × 1/8 in. (51 × 76.3 × 0.3 cm)