Photograph of Run-DMC-JMJ with Howard Stern and Robin Quivers: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Run-DMC-JMJ with Howard Stern and Robin Quivers.

Run, DMC, and JMJ are sitting at a table. They all have a microphone in front of them. Run is on the proper right side. He is wearing a black fur coat, a black fur hat, a ring, and a gold chain necklace. His proper right arm is resting on the table and his left hand is holding on to his right arm. DMC is sitting in the center. He is wearing a black shirt, a black jacket with a fur hood, a black hat, dark tinted glasses, and a watch on his proper left wrist. His left arm is resting on the table and his right hand is holding on to his left arm. He has a goatee. He is yawning and his eyes are closed. JMJ is on the proper left side. He is wearing a yellow sweatshirt and yellow corduroy overalls. He is also wearing a black headband and has a watch on his proper left wrist. He has a goatee. He is leaning forward in a yellow chair and his hands are folded together on the table.

Robin Quivers is standing behind Run and DMC on the proper right side. She is wearing a button down shirt, earrings, several necklaces, and a ribbon in her hair. Howard Stern is standing between DMC and JMJ on the proper left side. He is wearing a blue shirt and a black leather jacket. He has long curly hair.

There is a white border around the image. It is thinnest on the bottom, thinner on the top and proper right side, and thickest on the proper left side. It is signed vertically up the proper left side of the image in black ink. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated diagonal lines facing the right side of the paper. There are two large tears at the top from where tape used to be, and there are also two pieces of tape at the top. There is an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically down the left side in blue ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1990
• Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
• Subject of: Rev. Run, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Jam Master Jay, American, 1965 - 2002
• Subject of: Robin Ophelia Quivers, American, born 1952
• Subject of: Howard Allan Stern, American, born 1954
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 9/16 in. (28 × 37 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (27.3 × 28.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Radio
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.114
• 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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