Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett holding a painting of a woman in a headwrap: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett holding a painting of a woman in a headwrap: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995. Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated, holding a painting of a woman in a headwrap. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated holding the framed painting upright on her lap. The painting shows a woman from the neck up wearing an intricate headwrap and a light-colored round-necked shirt against a plain background. Etta Moten Barnett is also wearing an intricately wound headwrap similar to the one in the painting but with a detailed contracting dark/light pattern. Behind her is a brown chest of drawers and a large map of Africa on the wall. The photographer’s stamp is on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1960
- Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995
- Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
- Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 10 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (26.4 × 27 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Women
- Object number: A2022.13.1.35.6
- 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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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: © Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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