Blueprint: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Photographic print by Terry Boddie. The blue print shows two (2) images referencing housing issues among Africans and African Americans. The lower image is a detail view of the conditions for enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage. The illustration of a ship’s cargo hold shows each figure lying confined in rows. The upper half shows a multi-story housing project at 135th Street and Broadway in Harlem. The white paper is visible around the border with some staining on the edges. The work is signed on the bottom. The print is adhered to a Fome-Cor board.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2001
• Created by: Terry Boddie, American, born 1965
• Type: photographic prints
• Medium: Gelatin silver emulsion, iron blue toner on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 22 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (57.2 × 74.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Frame): 28 11/16 × 35 15/16 × 1 11/16 in. (72.8 × 91.3 × 4.3 cm)
• Place depicted: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Architecture
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Middle Passage
• Object number: 2017.75
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © Terry Boddie Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.