Copy work photo print of an autographed Vincent Chin and Fats Domino photograph: Museum Object and Cultural History
Copy work photo print of an autographed Vincent Chin and Fats Domino photograph: Date: 1965; printed later. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Fats Domino, American, 1928 - 2017.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white copy work photographic print of an autographed photograph of Vincent Chin with Fats Domino, originally captured at Studio 17 in Kingston, Jamaica. The image depicts Fats Domino sitting in a chair next to a standing Vincent Chin. Both hold a record album [A LOT OF DOMINOS] between them. Behind them are curtains with a botanical print. Above Domino's head is written in blue [Luck and Thanks / Fats Domino]. On the verso is an inscription by Bill Adler identifying the subject, date and location.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1965; printed later
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Fats Domino, American, 1928 - 2017
- Subject of: Vincent G. Chin, Jamaican, 1937 - 2003
- Subject of: Randy's Studio 17, Jamaican
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 3/16 × 5 15/16 in. (23.3 × 15.1 cm)
- Place captured: Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Reggae (Music)
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Object number: 2015.132.8
- 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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