Photographic print of Q-Tip: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of Q-Tip in an exterior doorway in New York City.

Q-Tip is pictured in the center of the image, visible from the waist up. He is standing and leaning against an exterior doorframe. He wears a dark colored baseball cap, headphones over his ears, and a dark coat over a denim jacket. His arms are in front of him, crossed at the wrists. There is graffiti on the wall next to him, and the door behind him is glass with a metal grate.

On the back of the print is an inscription handwritten by Bill Adler identifying the subject, location, date, and photographer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 22, 1990
• Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
• Subject of: Q-Tip, American, born 1970
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 5/8 in. (32.9 × 21.9 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.301
• 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.