Hector Xtravaganza, Manhattan, NY, 2018: Museum Object and Cultural History
Hector Xtravaganza, Manhattan, NY, 2018: Date: 2018. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: Hector Xtravaganza, American, 1965 - 2018.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photographic portrait of Hector Xtravaganza, captured in Manhattan in 2018. Xtravaganza is pictured standing in front of a dark grey background. He wears a denim inside-out Gaultier Jean's jacket over a thin black puffer jacket and a black, perforated leather, button down hoodie. He also wears black pants. Around his neck is a silver necklace with a bejeweled crown and "X" medallion. He looks straight at the camera, his proper right hand hooked through the strap of a grey quilted crossbody bag at his hip, and the other holding the handles of another bag, though the body of the bag is not included in the frame. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2018
- Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Subject of: Hector Xtravaganza, American, 1965 - 2018
- Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image) : 19 × 12 5/8 in. (48.3 × 32.1 cm)
- Place captured: Manhattan, 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: 2019.71.13
- 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: © Gerard Gaskin Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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