Photograph of Flavor Flav wearing Italia hat, NYC, 1992: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

He is wearing a white jacket over a black shirt. He is wearing sunglasses with lights reflected in them and has "grillz" on his teeth. He is wearing a white baseball cap with a red brim. It is sideways and reads [ITALIA] with green and red text. The background is beige.

2015.132.86.1 has a white border around it. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. It is signed in black ink on the proper left side under the image. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There is a piece of tape on either side near the top. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink. 2015.132.86.2 has a white border around it. It is thinnest on the two sides, thicker on the top, and thickest on the bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated in diagonal lines. There are tears on the top and sides where tape used to be and there are two yellow post-it notes at the top. 2015.132.86.3 has a white border around it. It is thicker on the two sides and thinner on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has grey printed text, repeated diagonally. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom left side, handwritten in blue ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1992
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Flavor Flav, American, born 1959
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.86.1 Sheet): 16 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (43.1 × 27.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.86.1 Image): 12 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (32.9 × 25.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.86.2 Sheet): 16 1/2 × 11 in. (41.9 × 28 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.86.2 Image): 13 × 9 15/16 in. (33 × 25.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.86.3 Sheet): 20 × 15 7/8 in. (50.8 × 40.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.86.3 Image): 18 7/8 × 12 11/16 in. (48 × 32.3 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: 2015.132.86.1-.3
• 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.