Portrait of George White: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of George White, Jr. preforming the Rite of Spring for the Martha Graham Company. White is featured in a wide leg stance facing the left of the photograph. The back of the photograph has caption information written by Jack Mitchell in the lower right and the number [5195] in the top left corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1984
• Photograph by: Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013
• Subject of: George White Jr.
• Subject of: Martha Graham Dance Company, American, founded 1926
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Ballet
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2016.83.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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.