Chromogenic print of Redman with Eric Sermon: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Redman is pictured in the foreground of the image, visible from the chest up. He is standing in the center and is wearing a grey jersey with blue, black, and green accents. He is wearing a white shirt under the jersey and a backwards black baseball cap. Erick Sermon is out of focus in the background on the proper right side of the image. He is wearing a blue jersey with a red and white [Fubu] logo and a white shirt underneath. Another man stands next to him, also out of focus. He is wearing a light blue jersey with yellow words and a white shirt underneath. He is raising his left arm in the air and is pointing up. This man may be Redman and Sermon's fellow Def Squad member Keith Murray, but he is too out of focus to be identified.

On the back a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler identifies the subject and the photographer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1994 - 2004
• Photograph by: Rachelle Clinton, American
• Subject of: Redman, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Erick Sermon, American, born 1968
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 11/16 × 10 3/8 in. (32.2 × 26.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Gesture
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.184
• 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: © Rachelle Clinton Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.