Sidney Poitier Wins Oscar, 1964: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sidney Poitier Wins Oscar, 1964: date made: September 1986. depicted (sitter): Poitier, Sidney. maker: Wiener, Leigh.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white photograph of actor Sidney Poitier winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Homer Smith in the 1963 film Lillies of the Field. Poitier is the first African-American man to win an Oscar and photographer Leigh Weiner captured this historic moment in film history.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: September 1986
- depicted (sitter): Poitier, Sidney
- maker: Wiener, Leigh
- Object Name: photograph
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- Subject: Movie
- Subject: Entertainment, Film
- Subject: Academy Awards
- Subject: African American History
- ID Number: 2011.0249.01
- accession number: 2011.0249
- catalog number: 2011.0249.01
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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