Bernard, Icon Runway, Newark, NJ, 2017: Museum Object and Cultural History
Bernard, Icon Runway, Newark, NJ, 2017: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photographic print portrait of Bernard, Icon Runway, from Newark, New Jersey. Bernard is pictured standing in front of a dark grey background. He is facing towards the right side of the frame, his proper left hand on his hip and his other hand in his pocket. He wears a black peacoat over a Wu-Tang Clan t-shirt and a black hat. The coat has epaulettes outlined in red on the shoulders and red-edging at the cuffs. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2017
- Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image) : 19 × 12 5/8 in. (48.3 × 32.1 cm)
- Place captured: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Gender
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: LGBTQ
- Object number: 2019.71.10
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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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: © Gerard Gaskin Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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