Poster of Della Reese: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster of Della Reese: Date: late 20th century - early 21st century. Created by: Jenny Risher. Subject of: Della Reese, American, 1937 - 2017.
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster featuring a color photograph of Della Reese singing. She is behind a microphone stand with her elbows bent at ninety degree angles. She wears a flowing dress jumpsuit with a semi-sheer shawl covering her upper torso, arms, and back. The shawl is tan, light pink, and dark pink, with silver details. A red flower is in her shoulder-length hair. The background is black.
There are scratches scattered throughout the top right quadrant, which caused loss of color. The poster came in in a plastic sleeve with paper backing. In the top left corner of the back is an upside down black stamp with text that reads [Jenny Risher / 917-723-3785 / [email protected]]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 20th century - early 21st century
- Created by: Jenny Risher
- Subject of: Della Reese, American, 1937 - 2017
- Type: photomechanical prints
- Type: portraits
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: H x W: 16 3/16 × 16 3/4 in. (41.1 × 42.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.150.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rev. Della Reese-Lett and Mr. Franklin Lett
- 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: © Jenny Risher Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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