Viewpoints of Diaspora Architects: Museum Object and Cultural History
Viewpoints of Diaspora Architects: Date: 1994. Created by: Carolyn Armenta Davis, American, born 1944. Subject of: John S. Chase, American, 1925 - 2012.
The object in the museum catalogue
A VHS titled "VIEWPOINTS OF DIASPORA ARCHITECTS" about the exhibition "Design Diaspora: Black Architects and International Architecture 1970-1990." VHS is black plastic cassette with white paper label with black text; the tape is housed in a white cardboard sleeve.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1994
- Created by: Carolyn Armenta Davis, American, born 1944
- Subject of: John S. Chase, American, 1925 - 2012
- Subject of: Olufemi Majekodunmi, British Nigerian, born 1940
- Subject of: Edouard Din, Cameroonian
- Subject of: Motlatsi Peter Malefane, South African, 1947 - 2004
- Subject of: Lucien LaFour, Dutch
- Subject of: René Poman, Senegalese, 1951 - 1995
- Subject of: Ngozika Wamuo, British
- Type: VHS
- Medium: plastic and tape with cardboard
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 3/8 × 4 × 1 in. (18.7 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: African diaspora
- Topic: Architecture
- Topic: Design
- Topic: Mass media
- Object number: 2023.25.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carolyn-Armenta Davis, Hon. AIA
- 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: ©1994 Carolyn Armenta Davis. All rights under copyright reserved. Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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