DMC on the set of "Tougher than Leather": Museum Object and Cultural History
DMC on the set of "Tougher than Leather": Date: ca. 1987. Photograph by: Sebastian Piras, Italian, born 1960. Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964.
The object in the museum catalogue
He is sitting and is holding a hat in his proper left hand. His arm is raised and bent at the elbow. His right arm is down by his side. The inside of the hat is facing out. It is a black hat with white fabric on the inside and a black and red [RUN / DMC] logo. There is also a small white bow inside the hat. DMC is wearing a red, white, and black RUN DMC long sleeve shirt. There is an Adidas logo on the right shoulder and there is a silhouette of a city skyline on the shirt. He has a goatee and is wearing thick black glasses with tinted lenses and a silver helix chain necklace with a silver sneaker on it. The photographer signed the photograph diagonally in black ink on DMC's arm [Sebastian Piras/04]. There is a man standing behind DMC. He is wearing blue jeans and a red Adidas jacket. Only part of his left arm and left leg can be seen.
On the verso is an inscription in blue ink on the bottom of the photograph, handwritten by Bill Adler.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1987
- Photograph by: Sebastian Piras, Italian, born 1960
- Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
- Subject of: Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: dye and silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 5/16 × 12 1/4 in. (26.2 × 31.1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.324
- 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: © Sebastian Piras Photography, NTC. Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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