<I>Taj Mahal</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2011; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Taj Mahal, American, born 1942
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Taj Mahal, by Platon. Taj Mahal is depicted seated, holding a banjo in playing position. He is turned in three-quarters pose towards the left edge pf the photograph and shown from the thighs up. His chin is tilted towards his chest and he is looking sideways towards the viewer with a serious expression on his face. He is wearing a black, banded, Stetson style hat, and a black, pinstripe suit over a dark tone dress shirt. The banjo is resting in his lap with his proper left hand wrapped around the banjo neck and his fingers arranged in a chord position over the frets. The perspective of this photograph is taken from the top of the headstock which appears disproportionately large in the foreground. Printed at the top of the headstock is arched text that reads [Gold Tone] with a graphic of a five pointed star below. 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: Actors
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2021.33.55
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 7/8 × 20 in. (50.5 × 50.8 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)