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Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Martha Swope, American

    Subject of

    Jonette O'Kelley Miller, American
    Sharita Mae Hunt
    Roxanne Reese

    Description

    A black and white photograph is of Sharita Mae Hunt performing as the Lady in Orange, and Roxanne Reese performing as the Lady in Brown. Both women are smiling exuberantly and dancing. Hunt is in the foreground, her head cocked to her left side, both hands on the skirt of her dress, swinging the fabric as she dances. Reese is in the background, her left arm raised in front of her body. There is a large flower in the background behind them, as part of the production design. The photograph was taking during the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. This photograph is glued to mounting paper; another photograph from the production is on the reverse side.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller

    Date

    1977-1978

    Object number

    2015.53.4

    Restrictions & Rights

    Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    photographs
    portraits

    Medium

    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

    Dimensions

    H x W (image and sheet): 9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.9 × 19.8 cm)
    H x W (mounting paper): 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)

    Place captured

    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Photographs and Still Images

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Feminism
    Modern dance
    Poetry
    Women

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53f82252d-fcc3-4754-9bcb-c1620c6d2e53

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2015.53.4

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