Photographic print of Rob Base: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Rob Base: Date: January 3, 1989. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Rob Base, American, born 1967.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of Rob Base captured on Stuart Street in Brooklyn.
Base is captured in the center of the image, from the waist up, against a plain white interior wall. He is wearing a sweatshirt that reads [ROB BASE & D.J. E-Z Rock / It Takes Two] with a picture of Base with E-Z Rock in the center. He also wears a twisted gold chain with a Mercedes logo medallion. He looks straight at the camera and is posed with both hands raised in fists at shoulder height. He has a square shaped ring on his proper right hand and an oversized circular ring on his proper left hand. There are shadows on the wall behind him and to the left the edges of several picture frames and a lamp is visible. To the right is a potted vine growing over a ring form. The verso has an inscription by Bill Adler reading [Rob Base by Al Pereira, Stuart Street, Brklyn 1-3-89].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: January 3, 1989
- Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
- Subject of: Rob Base, American, born 1967
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 9/16 × 13 in. (21.7 × 33 cm)
- Place captured: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Gesture
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.307
- 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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