Photograph of Henry LeTang: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Henry LeTang. LeTang is depicted from the waist up, seated. His proper right knee is raised and his proper right elbow is resting on it. His proper left shoulder is held slightly forward, his hands folded over each other, and his head is turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a medium toned suit, white collared shirt, and a dark, patterned tie. He has a metal watch on his proper left wrist, a bracelet on his proper right wrist, rings on his proper left pinkie finger and proper right ring finger, and he has a white pocket square in his proper left breast pocket. He is shown against a white gradient background. In the top left corner of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To Laure / Some day I'll / put those Taps / on your shoes / Sincerely / Henry LeTang]. The photographer's mark, printed in black, located in the bottom right corner reads, [Diaz & / Rogers / N.Y.]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th century
• Photograph by: Diaz & Rogers, American
• Subject of: Henry LeTang, American, 1915 - 2007
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 3/16 × 7 9/16 in. (23.4 × 19.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 7 3/4 in. (24.9 × 19.7 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.46.25.158
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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