Grace Jones: Museum Object and Cultural History
Grace Jones: Date: 1970s. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Grace Jones, Jamaican American, born 1948.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white photograph of a close-up portrait of Grace Jones. The image shows her looking into the camera with her chin slightly raised. Her lips are partly open and most of her face is in shadow. On the back in the center is handwritten text in black in and pencil listing the title, date, and signature [Barboza/Grace Jones/1970s/photog. A. Barboza]. In the upper left corner are pencil marks with numbers and fractions which read: [13 5/8 -> 11 1/2]. In the lower right corner are similar markings which read: [84 1/2].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1970s
- Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
- Subject of: Grace Jones, Jamaican American, born 1948
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.157.10
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Barboza
- 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: © Anthony Barboza Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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