Katherine Dunham

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Object Details

Created by

Louis H. Draper, American, 1935 - 2002

Subject of

Katherine Dunham, American, 1909 - 2006

Description

A gelatin silver print of Katherine Dunham seated in an empty studio space. Her gaze is proper right, and she wears a patterned head scarf and a dark sweater.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nell Draper-Winston

Date

1960s

Object number

2013.66.3

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image and Sheet): 7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (18.9 x 24.1 cm)

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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

Ballet

Photography

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a823a384-23ed-4a91-908f-bf5524dc0430

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.66.3