Carmen de Lavallade: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white digital print photograph of Carmen de Lavallade. The photograph features de Lavallade standing sideways, facing the camera. Her proper left hand rests on her proper right arm. She is wearing an outfit with thin shoulder straps, a flower hairpiece, earrings, and ring. Unidentified figures are featured in the back right of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a Jack Mitchell stamp with the number [5850].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1962; printed 1990s
• Photograph by: Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013
• Subject of: Carmen de Lavallade, American, 1931 - 2025
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 15 3/16 × 12 5/16 in. (38.6 × 31.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 19 1/16 × 12 15/16 in. (48.4 × 32.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Ballet
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2016.77.3
• 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.