Inkjet print of Rammellzee at the Gettovetts album photo shoot: Museum Object and Cultural History
Inkjet print of Rammellzee at the Gettovetts album photo shoot: Date: 1988. Photograph by: George DuBose, American, born 1951. Subject of: Rammellzee, American, 1960 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photographic print of the musician and artist Rammellzee. Pictured from the chest up Rammellzee wears a grey and black striped sweater under multiple layered jackets, one of leopard print fur. There are multiple silver chain necklaces with silver pendants around his neck along with a black bolo tie with silver ram's head clasp. He wears a pair of white futuristic goggles on his eyes, with another pair in red right above across his forehead, a yellow pair above that and another red pair on the top of his head, over a black fur hat. He is looking at the camera, posed in front of a white background. Under the image are two handwritten inscriptions in black ink: [Ramm - ell - zee] is at the bottom left corner and the photographer's signature [© George DuBose] is at the bottom right. There are no inscriptions on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1988
- Photograph by: George DuBose, American, born 1951
- Subject of: Rammellzee, American, 1960 - 2010
- Subject of: Gettovetts, American, 1988 - 1988
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 17 3/4 × 11 15/16 in. (45.1 × 30.4 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 1/4 × 10 1/16 in. (26.1 × 25.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Art
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2015.132.216
- 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: © George DuBose Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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