Photograph of Bobby Brown and friends, Hoboken, NJ, 1993: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Bobby Brown and friends, Hoboken, NJ, 1993: Date: 1993. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Bobby Brown, American, born 1969.
The object in the museum catalogue
He is sitting in the back seat of a car. He is wearing a camouflage jacket, pants, and hat. He is wearing glasses and has a ring on his proper left hand. He has a mustache. His hands are folded in front of him and his arms are resting on his knees. There is a woman on his proper right side. She has long dark hair and is wearing a blue and silver top. The woman on his proper left has short brown hair. She is wearing a purple, yellow, black, and red outfit and multicolored jeweled sunglasses.
There is a white border around the image. It is thicker on the two sides and thinner on the top and bottom, There is a small, yellowing tear at the top from where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated diagonal lines facing the left side of the paper. There are tears along the top and on the sides from where pieces of tape used to be. There is an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically up the right side in blue ink.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1993
- Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
- Subject of: Bobby Brown, American, born 1969
- Subject of: Whitney Houston, American, 1963 - 2012
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 13 1/16 in. (25.3 × 33.1 cm)
- Place captured: Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2015.132.74
- 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: © Michael Benabib Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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