<I>Untitled (Nomsa Brath modeling Congolese fabrics, Stern's department store, New York)</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1963; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Helene Nomsa Brath, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: Stern's, American, 1867 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Nomsa Brath modeling Congolese fabrics, Stern’s department store, New York), by Kwame Brathwaite. The photograph depicts Brath walking the runway. The Grandassa model is wearing dark, capri pants, black kitten heel shoes, and a sleeveless, boatneck blouse with a large swath of the blouse’s fabric draping to the floor from a tie on the proper left side of the waist. The fabric of the blouse is white with a black outlined, medium tone, freeform diamond pattern. The runway is lined with female spectators seated in metal folding chairs, mostly watching the model as she walks down the runway. Above the model’s head are two, evenly spaced, white, round ceiling fixtures. At the back of the runway are three dark arches. The square shaped image has a thick white border. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place captured
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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
label: Movement
content: Black is Beautiful
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
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: 2021.26.8
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Courtesy of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive & Philip Martin Gallery, © Kwame Brathwaite
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)