Photograph of Grandmaster Flash at the Chrysler Building, NYC: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photograph of Grandmaster Flash pointing at the Chrysler Building. Flash wears a white t-shirt, white hat, and dark jeans. He looks at the camera and raises his right hand to point at the Chrysler building in the background. His left hand rest on a balcony railing. On the back are inscriptions by Bill Adler identifying the subject, photographer, location and date.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 27, 1991; printed 2003
• Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
• Subject of: Grandmaster Flash, American, born 1958
• Printed by: Bill Adler, American, born 1951
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 × 8 11/16 in. (33 × 22.1 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Architecture
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2015.132.280
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Al Pereira Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.