Photograph of Marlon Brando and Beah Richards: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Marlon Brando and Beah Richards: Date: ca. 1965. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Marlon Brando, American, 1924 - 2004.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph depicting Marlon Brando, Beah Richards, and others. Beah Richards was nominated for a Tony Award for her 1965 performance in James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1965
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Marlon Brando, American, 1924 - 2004
- Subject of: Beah Richards, American, 1920 - 2000
- Type: photographs
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: L x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Drama (Theatre)
- Topic: Literature
- Object number: 2011.99.56
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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