Twiggy, Manhattan, NY, 2017: Museum Object and Cultural History
Twiggy, Manhattan, NY, 2017: Date: 2017. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: Twiggy Pucci Garçon, American, born 1990.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photographic print portrait of Twiggy Pucci Garçon. Garçon is pictured standing against a grey background, wearing a flowing, assymetrical white garment. A necklace with a glass bottle pendant is around her neck. Garçon stands with her hands in front of her, with her left hand over her right, looking directly at the camera. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2017
- Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Subject of: Twiggy Pucci Garçon, American, born 1990
- Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image) : 19 × 12 11/16 in. (48.3 × 32.2 cm)
- Place captured: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Gender
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: LGBTQ
- Topic: Music
- Object number: 2019.71.3
- 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: © Gerard Gaskin Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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