Photograph of the Berry Brothers
- Photograph by
- Museart, American
- Subject of
- Berry, Nyas, American, 1913 - 1951
- Berry, James, American, 1915 - 1969
- Berry, Warren, American, 1922 - 1996
- Berry Brothers, American, 1929 - 1951
- Date
- ca. 1943
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (24.6 × 19.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 8 in. (25.5 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of the Berry Brothers. All three young men are depicted standing in three-quarters profile, with their faces turned towards the viewer and looking upwards towards the right edge of the image, and their proper left hands in their pockets. The young men on the far left and the far right are wearing black tuxedoes with tails, white vests, and white bow ties. The young man in the center is wearing a medium toned, double breasted, tuxedo and a medium toned tie. All three tuxedos have satiny stripes running down the side of the pants. The young men are standing in front of a white background. Warren Berry is depicted on the far left, Nyas Berry in the center, and James Berry on the right. The photographer's embossed mark, located in the bottom right corner reads, [Musart / L·A·]. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph. There are pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
- Place made
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.105
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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