Early Animation: Museum Object and Cultural History
Early Animation: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Unidentified. Created by: Nicholas Pilarski, American.

The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Nicholas Pilarski Rotoscoping a frame for I, Destini. Captured from behind, the photograph shows Pilarski holding a stylus in his gloved proper right hand as he sketches on a screen.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2013
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Created by: Nicholas Pilarski, American
- Type: black-and-white photographs
- Medium: ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place captured: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Animation
- Topic: Art
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Journalism
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Police brutality
- Object number: 2018.94.4.39
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, Kathleen Lingo and The New York Times Company
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, The New York Times Company Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

