<I>Sean Combs</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2006; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Sean Combs, American, born 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Sean Combs, by Platon. A photograph of Combs depicts him from the shoulders up, facing the viewer. He is wearing frameless, tinted, glass sunglasses. His brow is knitted, and he has a serious expression on his face. His lips are slightly opened, and he has metal teeth grillz dangling from the proper left side of his lips. He is wearing a white dress shirt with a tie under a jacket with a corduroy collar and stud earrings in both ears. He also has a small mustache and a goatee. 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: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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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: 2021.33.41
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 (image): 19 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (50.1 × 40.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)