Photographic collage of a man
- Photograph by
- Battelle, Hughey J.
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1937
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in. (16.4 × 11.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 7 × 4 15/16 in. (17.8 × 12.5 cm)
- Description
- A photographic collage of three (3) silver gelatin prints depicting black-and-white images of the same man. Two (2) images are of the man’s head, taken from different angles, have been cropped, cut, and pasted to the surface of a photograph of the man where he is depicted from the knees up. In the bottom photograph, the man is facing the left edge of the image. He holds a baton in his proper right hand and holds both hands in a conductor’s pose. The man is wearing a black tuxedo with tails, and a white bow tie. There is a flower attached to his proper left lapel. The two (2) cropped images of the man's head have been pasted in a diagonal, above the man's shoulder's. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom left corner of the photograph reads, [H. BAttELLE / N.Y.C.]. There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph. There are several pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, 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
- 2013.46.25.202
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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