Digital print of Snoop Dogg, NYC: Museum Object and Cultural History
Digital print of Snoop Dogg, NYC: Date: 1992; printed 2003. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Snoop Dogg, American, born 1971.
The object in the museum catalogue
Two inkjet prints, one signed (.1) and one work print (.2) of a color photograph portrait of Snoop Dogg taken in New York City in 1992. Snoop Dogg is pictured center frame against a green background, looking at the camera. He wears a dark-colored baseball cap with an S on the front and a jacket layered over sweatshirts. A necklace with a medallion in the shape of a marijuana leaf is just visible inside the collar of the jacket. The image is signed on the front by the photographer and an inscription on the verso by Bill Adler identifies the subject, location, date and photographer.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1992; printed 2003
- Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
- Subject of: Snoop Dogg, American, born 1971
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.125.1 Sheet): 14 5/16 × 11 in. (36.4 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.125.1 Image): 13 5/16 × 10 3/4 in. (33.8 × 27.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.125.2 Sheet): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.125.2 Image): 13 9/16 × 10 3/4 in. (34.5 × 27.3 cm)
- Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.125.1-.2
- 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: © Michael Benabib Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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