Evisu Ball, Harlem, NY, 2006: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photographic print portrait of an unidentified individual at the 2006 Evisu Ball in Harlem. The subject is pictured in the center of the image, standing in front of a painted wall and sports a shaved head, pink glasses with black polka dots, and white and pink face paint. They wear a black sequined scarf with a short sleeved black zip-up hoodie and a wide gold belt with buckle at the waist. The subject looks straight ahead at the camera. The painting on the background wall depicts a figure seated in a wooden chair, wearing white and yellow garments and strands of red and yellow necklaces. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2006
• Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
• Subject of: Unidentified
• Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet) : 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image) : 12 11/16 × 19 in. (32.2 × 48.3 cm)
• Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Gender
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2019.71.22
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © Gerard Gaskin Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.