Yo-Yo, Spring St. Park, NYC, 1993: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Two color photographic prints of Yo-Yo at Spring Street Park in New York City.

Yo-Yo is in the foreground of the photograph, just slightly off center towards the proper right side of the image. Visible from the hips up, she is wearing a light heathered grey spaghetti strap tank top and dark blue bottoms. Her hair is in long braids with a wrapped scarf in a black, white, pink, green and gold paisley print holding them back from her face. She wears a small silver hoop in each ear, along with a silver chain necklace with heart-shaped pendant, matching silver chain bracelets on each wrist, and a large silver ring on her left hand. Her left hand is on her hip and her right hand is holding a red popsicle near her open mouth. She is standing on an outdoor basketball court. There are six (6) men in the background playing basketball.

Both prints are printed on Kodak Endura paper, with the manufacturer's mark printed in a repeating pattern on the back. At the bottom right of each print is the photographer's signature, date of the print, title, date of capture and [1/25].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1993; printed 2004
• Photograph by: Sue Kwon, American, founded 1962
• Subject of: Yo-Yo, American, born 1971
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.241.1 Sheet): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.241.1 Image): 19 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (49.2 × 39.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.241.2 Sheet): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.241.2 Image): 19 5/16 × 15 7/16 in. (49.1 × 39.2 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Basketball
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2015.132.241.1-.2
• 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: © Sue Kwon Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.