Untitled (Abbey Lincoln singing at an AJASS event, Harlem): Museum Object and Cultural History
Untitled (Abbey Lincoln singing at an AJASS event, Harlem): Date: ca. 1964; printed 2019. Photograph by: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023. Subject of: Abbey Lincoln, American, 1930 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Abbey Lincoln singing at an AJASS event, Harlem), by Kwame Brathwaite. Lincoln is depicted standing at center and is shown from the knees up. She is standing behind a microphone mounted on a microphone stand. Her chin is lifted, and she appears to be singing. Both of her arms are slightly extended outwards from her sides. She is wearing a light tone, long sleeve, scoop neck dress with a multitone, four leaf, clover pattern. She is also wearing a choker necklace with a large, triangular metal bezel at the center attached to an elongated, metal drop pendant. In the background is a man seated at a piano. Behind the musicians is a wall with a white acoustic panel mounted over a dark wall. The square shaped image has a thick white border. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1964; printed 2019
- Photograph by: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
- Subject of: Abbey Lincoln, American, 1930 - 2010
- Subject of: African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: pigment on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: H x W: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)
- Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: African diaspora
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2021.26.10
- 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: Courtesy of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive & Philip Martin Gallery, © Kwame Brathwaite Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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