Photograph of Black Sheep, NYC, 1991
date: label: Date
content: 1991
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Black Sheep, American, founded 1989
label: Subject of
content: Dres, American, born 1967
label: Subject of
content: Mista Lawnge, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Black Sheep, Dres and Mista Lawnge.
label: Description
content: Dres is on the proper right side. He is wearing a multicolored sweater and a plaid cap. He has a mustache. He is leaning forward and his proper right hand is covering the proper right side of the image and it is out of focus. Mista Lawnge is on the proper left side of the image. He is wearing a black shirt with a white drawing, a sideways black baseball cap, and a diamond earring in his left ear. He has a mustache and long sideburns. He is standing ups straight.
label: Description
content: There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the top and bottom and thicker on the two sides. There is a yellowing tear at the top from where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated diagonal lines facing the left side of the paper. There are tears on the top and on the sides from where tape used to be. There are two yellow post-it notes on the top, one on either side. There is an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically down the left side in blue ink.
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: Gesture
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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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: 2015.132.73
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet 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: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/8 × 13 in. (23.2 × 33 cm)