Theater poster of Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1933
name: label: Photograph by
content: Florencio Bixio, Italian
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Caption
content: This image of Etta Moten Barnett was captured by Italian photographer Florencio Bixio, who operated a studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Barnett was sent to Latin America by RKO to promote the film, Flying Down to Rio (1933).
label: Description
content: This is a black and white poster of Etta Moten Barnett. She is depicted in profile, seated, turning her head over her proper left shoulder to gaze at the viewer. She wears a light-colored suit jacket and matching bottom. Her left arm rests on her left knee, on top of a pair of black gloves draped across her thigh. She wears a light-colored hat with a shallow crown and a wide brim with dark bows on one side. On the bottom proper right quadrant is white text that reads “Foto: / F. Bixio y Cia / B de Irigoyen 185 / B Aires.”
place: label: Place used
content: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Latin America, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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: A2022.13.1.5
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Florencio Bixio
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (framed): 42 13/16 × 30 15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (108.8 × 78.6 × 3.7 cm)