Kelli, Legends Ball, Jersey City, June 1995: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photographic print portrait of Kelli, captured at the Legends Ball in Jersey City, New Jersey in June 1994. Kelli is pictured in the center of the image dressed in a black suit jacket over an exposed black bra with short hair styled in finger waves and a cigarette held between closed lips. She looks up, directly at the camera. Slightly out of focus behind her is the interior room furnished with a couch, ottoman, and an end table with picture frames. Kelli's shadow appears on the back wall. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: June 1995
• Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
• 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 11/16 in. (48.3 × 32.2 cm)
• Place captured: Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 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: 2019.71.2
• 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.