Shades Of...: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A long playing record of "Shades Of..." by Gray. The record (2016.31.4.1a) is unopened and still in its plastic packaging. The record cover (2016.31.4.1b) has a white background with black ink finger prints throughout. Text at the center reads: [GRAY / SHADES OF...]. The bottom of the cover contains the signatures of Michael Holman and Nicholas Taylor. The tope right has a white sticker with black lettering text that reads: [Featuring / Jean-Michel Basquiat / "Glorious ruptures!" / New York Times / Autographed and numbered / by Gray's / Michael Homan & / Nick Taylor]. The back of the cover is white with tan fingerprints throughout. Black text has information about Gray, a song list, and a list of performers. The bottom right corner contains a barcode.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2013
• Produced by: Plush Safe Records, American
• Created by: Gray
• Created by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
• Created by: Nicholas Taylor, American
• Subject of: Jean-Michel Basquiat, American, 1960 - 1988
• Type: record covers
• Type: long-playing records
• Medium: vinyl , ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.4 × 31.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2016.31.4.1ab
• 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: © MTH Productions Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.