- Created by
- Cook, Mariana R., American, born 1955
- Subject of
- President Obama, Barack, American, born 1961
- First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
- Date
- May 26, 1996
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mat board
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Description
- Portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama seated on a couch in their home in Hyde Park, Chicago. Barack Obama, wearing a dark shirt and khaki pants, is sitting casually, his legs crossed with his right arm draped across the couch back, and his left arm around Michelle Obama. Dressed in black leggings and a black shirt with white buttons, she leans into him with her ankles crossed and hands resting on his right knee. They both gaze directly at the viewer. Behind them, three Indonesian prints decorate the walls above the couch and a traditional West African sculpture sits on an end table to the proper right.
- Place captured
- Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Domestic life
- Families
- Men
- Photography
- Politics
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Julia J. Norrell in memory of Lindy Boggs
- Object number
- 2013.194.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Mariana Cook
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




