Photograph of DMC, mid-'80s: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of DMC, mid-'80s: Date: mid 1980s; printed 2004. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964.
The object in the museum catalogue
He is wearing a black turtleneck sweater, a black leather jacket, a black brimmed hat, and glasses. He also has a chain necklace with a shoe pendant and several rings on both of his hands. He has a goatee. He hands are out to the side in a questioning gesture. There is a brick wall in the background.
There is a thin black border around the image with a white border around it. The white border is thinner on the top and bottom and thicker on the two sides. It is signed in black ink on the proper bottom left side under the image. The back of the photograph is white. There are tears at the top and on the sides from where tape used to be and there is also a piece of tape on the top left side. There are dirt smudges in several areas and there is a small number "34" handwritten upside down in black ink in the top left corner. There are two inscriptions by Bill Adler on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 1980s; printed 2004
- Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
- Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.3 × 27.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 11/16 in. (32.8 × 22.1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Gesture
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.80
- 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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