Photographic print of Chubb Rock and friends, Manhattan: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Chubb Rock and friends, Manhattan: Date: March 24, 1989. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Chubb Rock, Jamaican American, born 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of Chubb Rock with two women outside in Manhattan, New York City.
Rock is pictured in the center of the image, his arms around an unidentified woman on either side of him. He is leaning against the rear side of a car and wears a striped shirt and a chain necklace with a large medallion featuring a double bust of Nefertiti in profile, with large cylindrical headdress. The woman on the left wears dark colored clothing, a large belt, hoop earrings, a necklace adn several rings. She stands with her proper right hand on her right hip and Chubb Rock's hand is at her waist. The woman on the right side of the image also wears dark colored clothing. She stands turned towards Rock with both hands resting on his proper left shoulder. His arm is around her shoulers. In the background is a fence with barbed wire and brick building.
On the back of the print, a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler identifies the subject, photographer, date, and location.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: March 24, 1989
- Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
- Subject of: Chubb Rock, Jamaican American, born 1968
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 × 8 5/8 in. (33 × 21.9 cm)
- Place captured: Manhattan, 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)
- Topic: Urban life
- Object number: 2015.132.272
- 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: © Al Pereira Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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