Ellen Stewart: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white digital print photograph of Ellen Stewart. The photograph features Stewart next to a stage light. She has a hat on and her hair is in braided pig tails. She is looking off to the left of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a Jack Mitchell stamp with the number [5823].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974; printed 1990s
• Photograph by: Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013
• Subject of: Ellen Stewart, American, 1919 - 2011
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 11 × 16 in. (27.9 × 40.6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 12 15/16 × 19 in. (32.9 × 48.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2016.77.12
• 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

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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: © Jack Mitchell, All Rights Reserved Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.