Chuckie Dee with Kid Creole of the Furious 5: Museum Object and Cultural History
Chuckie Dee with Kid Creole of the Furious 5: Date: early 1980s. Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964. Subject of: Chuck D, American, born 1960.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of Chuckie Dee with Kid Creole.
The two are pictured sitting against a railing under a striped awning. Chuck D is on the left side of the image, wearing a satin bomber jacket with striped ribbing at the collar and jeans. He is looking at the camera and smiling slightly while making a "sign of the horns" hand gesture with both hands by holding his two middle fingers down with his thumbs and extending his pointer and pinky fingers. Kid Creole is on the right side, wearing a leather jacket, dark colored jeans, and leather gloves. He is looking at the camera and smiling, his proper left hand on his hip and the other resting on his proper right thigh. Both men are sitting against an iron railing, and the underside of a striped awning is visible behind and above them. On the verso is an adhesive label label with the Eyejammie.com logo and [Title: Chuckie Dee with Kid Creole of the Furious 5 / Photographer: Harry Allen] printed in black text.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: early 1980s
- Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Chuck D, American, born 1960
- Subject of: The Kidd Creole, American, born 1960
- Subject of: Furious Five, American, 1978 - 1989
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.7 × 35.4 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 9/16 × 12 15/16 in. (21.8 × 32.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Gesture
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2015.132.24
- 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: © Harry Allen Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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