Object Details
Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Eartha Kitt, American, 1927 - 2008
Description
A color photographic portrait of Eartha Kitt. She is wearing a red dress that covers her shoulders and the length of her arms. The dress stops just below her knees. She is standing wearing red high heels with her left leg crossed over her right as she leans against a dark pole behind her. Her arms are bent at right degree angles with her knuckles resting on her hips as she looks over her left shoulder. At the bottom left are two handwritten, cursive inscriptions, one in light blue and one in bright blue. The inscriptions are not legible, but may be signatures.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1942-2008
Object number
2013.118.206.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Type
chromogenic color prints
portraits
Medium
ink on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 9 9/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24.3 × 19 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.5 × 20.2 cm)
Place captured
United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title
A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Entertainers
Singers (Musicians)
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.118.206.2