Ben Vereen: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white digital print photograph of Ben Vereen. The photograph features Vereen mid-dance. He is wearing a top with an open chest and bellbottom pants. The back of the photograph has a Jack Mitchell stamp with the number [5885].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972; printed 1990s
• Photograph by: Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013
• Subject of: Ben Vereen, American, born 1946
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 18 1/8 × 10 13/16 in. (46 × 27.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 19 1/16 × 12 15/16 in. (48.4 × 32.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Ballet
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Modern dance
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2016.77.13
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jack Mitchell Archives
• 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: © Jack Mitchell, All Rights Reserved Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.