Dr. Dre: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Dr. Dre, by Platon. The close-up of Dre depicts him from the neck up. He is looking directly at the viewer with his chin slightly raised, his proper left eyebrow slightly lifted, and has a serious expression on his face. He has a stubble mustache and a small scar on his proper right cheek. His neck and the sides of his face are heavily covered in shadows. The background of the photograph is black. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2007; printed 2019
• Photograph by: Platon, British, born 1968
• Subject of: Dr. Dre, American, born 1965
• Type: pigment prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: pigment on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 19 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (50.2 × 40.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2021.33.69
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
• 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: © Platon Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.