Photograph of Charli Baltimore, NYC, 2000: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Charli Baltimore, NYC, 2000: Date: 2000. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Charli Baltimore, American, born 1974.
The object in the museum catalogue
She has long, red, layered hair. She is wearing a sleeveless black jumpsuit with a very deep plunge that goes below her bellybutton. It ties together below the bust. She has a tattoo on her upper left arm. The rest of her arm is behind her back. Her right hip is out to the side. She is holding a glass of milk in her proper right hand. She has a milk mustache and her tongue is sticking out, licking her upper lip. The background is grey.
There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are tears at the top and on the sides from where pieces of tape used to be. There is an inscription by Bill Adler at the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2000
- Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
- Subject of: Charli Baltimore, American, born 1974
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (32.1 × 27.3 cm)
- Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.75
- 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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