<I>Untitled (Original AJASS Members l to r: Robert Gumbs, Frank Adu, Elombe Brath (seated), Kwame Brathwaite, Ernest Baxter & Chris Hall)</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1965; printed 2018
name: label: Photograph by
content: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Robert Gumbs, American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: Frank Adu, American, 1937 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Elombe Brath, American, 1936 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Ernest Baxter, American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: Christopher Hall, American, 1932 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956
label: Subject of
content: Patrice Émery Lumumba, Congolese, 1925 - 1961
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Original AJASS Members l to r: Robert Gumbs, Frank Adu, Elombe Brath (seated), Kwame Brathwaite, Ernest Baxter & Chris Hall), by Kwame Brathwaite. The men are standing in a semicircle around Brath, who is seated at a drafting table at the center of the group. He is seated in three quarters pose, with his face turned towards the viewer, and has a serious expression on his face. With his proper left hand, he is lifting the bottom of a booklet sitting on the surface of the drafting table. Also on the drafting table is a piece of paper featuring Patrice Lumumba’s portrait. Brath’s proper right hand is resting in his lap. He is wearing a black suit, white dress shirt, and a light tone tie. On the far left is Gumbs, standing in three-quarters pose, facing the right edge of the image. He is smiling and looking at the viewer. He is wearing a black suit, white dress shirt, and a light tone tie. Next to him is Adu, standing behind Brath’s proper right shoulder. He is wearing a dark tone suit, white dress shirt, and a dark tone tie. Between Adu and Brathwaite, behind Brath’s proper left shoulder, is a medium format, packfilm, land camera. Brathwaite has his proper right hand on the top of the camera. He is standing in profile, facing the left edge of the photograph, with his head turned towards the viewer, and smiling. He is also wearing a black suit, white dress shirt, and a light tone tie. Next to Brathwaite is Baxter. He is facing the view and has a serious expression on his face. He is holding a cigarette between the fingers of his proper right hand, as well as a long-playing record album with text on the front that reads [GLORIA LYNNE / WITH THE EARL MAY TRIO / I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU] . Hall, standing on the far right, is holding another long-playing record album with text on the front that reads [Here 'Tis/Lou Donaldson]. The square shaped image has a thick white border. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place captured
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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: 2021.26.11
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)