Jerry's Den, Harlem '89: Museum Object and Cultural History
Jerry's Den, Harlem '89: Date: 1989; printed 2003. Photograph by: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021. Subject of: Jerry's Den, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photograph of a barber, Michael A. Dean, tending to a client at Jerry's Den barbershop in Harlem.
The image depicts Dean on the left, facing the camera and holding clippers up to his client, who is sitting with his back to the camera. Dean wears a red collared shirt over a black long-sleeve shirt and red-framed glasses with snakeskin accents. He has carved the shape of a basketball player into the back of the client's hair. The client wears a black barber shop cape around his shoulders. Elements of the interior of the shop, a potted plant, a wood paneled wall, and a sign above a mirror, are visible in the dim background. A handwritten inscription beneath the image reads ["JERRY'S DEN" HARLEM '89] along with the photographer's signature [Ricky Powell / '03].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1989; printed 2003
- Photograph by: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021
- Subject of: Jerry's Den, American
- Subject of: Michael A. Dean, American
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 15 × 18 1/2 in. (38.1 × 47 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 1/8 × 14 in. (25.7 × 35.6 cm)
- Place captured: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Barbershops
- Topic: Basketball
- Topic: Hair
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Sports
- Topic: Urban life
- Object number: 2015.132.370
- 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: © Ricky Powell Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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