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Untitled (Abbey Lincoln singing at an AJASS event, Harlem)

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023

    Subject of

    Abbey Lincoln, American, 1930 - 2010
    African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956

    Description

    A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Abbey Lincoln singing at an AJASS event, Harlem), by Kwame Brathwaite. Lincoln is depicted standing at center and is shown from the knees up. She is standing behind a microphone mounted on a microphone stand. Her chin is lifted, and she appears to be singing. Both of her arms are slightly extended outwards from her sides. She is wearing a light tone, long sleeve, scoop neck dress with a multitone, four leaf, clover pattern. She is also wearing a choker necklace with a large, triangular metal bezel at the center attached to an elongated, metal drop pendant. In the background is a man seated at a piano. Behind the musicians is a wall with a white acoustic panel mounted over a dark wall. The square shaped image has a thick white border. The back of the photograph is plain and white.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    ca. 1964; printed 2019

    Object number

    2021.26.10

    Restrictions & Rights

    Courtesy of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive & Philip Martin Gallery, © Kwame Brathwaite
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    portraits
    inkjet prints

    Medium

    pigment on paper (fiber product)

    Dimensions

    H x W: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)

    Place captured

    Harlem, 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

    Movement

    Black is Beautiful
    BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Actors
    African diaspora
    Associations and institutions
    Black power
    Fashion
    Jazz (Music)
    Photography
    Singers (Musicians)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f666ea29-ae32-42d7-acb3-638978a8b435

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2021.26.10

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