Digital image of Emmanuel Macron honoring Josephine Baker: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital, color image by D. Michael Cheers captures French President Emmanuel Macron at the podium during the ceremony for Josephine Baker’s induction into France’s Pantheon mausoleum. A large headshot of Baker in her military uniform takes up the left portion of the image. President Macron, wearing a coat over a suit with a white shirt, stands behind the podium on the right of the image. The white podium has a vertical French flag running down the right side. On top of the podium is a white place card with black text reading: [HOMMAGE SOLENNEL / DE LA NATION À JOSÉPHINE BAKER / PANTHÉON - MARDI 30 NOVEMBRE 2021] or in English, “SOLEMN TRIBUTE / FROM THE NATION TO JOSEPHINE BAKER / PANTHEON – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2021.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 30, 2021
• Photograph by: Duane Michael Cheers Ph.D, American, born 1953
• Subject of: Josephine Baker, American, 1906 - 1975
• Subject of: President Emmanuel Macron, French, born 1977
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 2958 pixels × 4162 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 10.57 MB
• Place depicted: Paris, France, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Funeral customs and rites
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Oratory
• Object number: 2022.50.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of D. Michael Cheers
• 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: © D. Michael Cheers Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.