Photograph of Redman, High Times cover shoot: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

He is wearing a black, red, and white zip up hoodie and a red hat with a green marijuana leaf on it. He is holding a lighter in his proper right hand and a joint in his proper left hand. He has a mustache. Most of the photograph is in shadow but there is a blue light in the top proper left corner.

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 in diagonal lines. There are two yellow post-it notes on the sides near the top. There are some ink smudges as well as some tears at the top from where tape used to be. There is an inscription by Bill Adler at the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1992
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Redman, American, born 1970
• Subject of: High Times, American, founded 1974
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 17 1/16 × 11 in. (43.3 × 28 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 11 × 10 13/16 in. (28 × 27.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.111
• 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.