Photographic print of The Real Roxanne, Stuart St., Brooklyn: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

She is standing with her her left hip out to the side and her head tilted down towards the proper left side. Her eyes are closed and her arms are bent, raised, and playing with her curly hair. She has a beauty mark on her proper right cheek. She is wearing a black fringed tube-top and black high-waisted bottoms. Her belt has a crescent moon buckle as well as an oval buckle. There is a pin of a face on the pants. She is wearing multiple necklaces, including one with a crucifix that extends past the bottom of her shirt. The background is grey.

On the verso are two inscriptions handwritten by Bill Adler in two different inks.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 4, 1989
• Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
• Subject of: The Real Roxanne, American, born 1963
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 × 8 3/4 in. (33 × 22.2 cm)
• Place captured: Brooklyn, 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: 2015.132.319
• 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.