Newspaper clipping of Shirley Verrett: Museum Object and Cultural History
Newspaper clipping of Shirley Verrett: Date: June 30, 1969. Published by: Unidentified. Subject of: Shirley Verrett, American, 1931 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
A newspaper clipping of an article about opera singer Shirley Verrett’s debut in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. The short article, “She Hits Right Note With No-Makeup Look”, written by Jeanne D’Arcy, June 30, 1969, features a portrait of Verrett above two columns of bulleted points on Verrett's makeup and beauty preferences. There are no markings on the clipping.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: June 30, 1969
- Published by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Shirley Verrett, American, 1931 - 2010
- Type: documents
- Type: manuscripts
- Type: typescripts
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 15/16 × 4 1/8 in. (30.3 × 10.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Beauty culture
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Cosmetics
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Opera (Music)
- Object number: 2024.35.2.6
- 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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