- Issued by
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Owned by
- Houston, Whitney, American, 1963 - 2012
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- metal and wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 13 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (34.9 × 20.6 × 20.6 cm)
- Description
- NAACP award given to Whitney Houston in 1993 for "Outstanding Female Artist" for the soundtrack to the film "The Bodyguard." The award features a silver colored metal figure of a man kneeling with his arms overhead and looking upward at a globe he holds, similar to representations of the mythological character Atlas. The globe is oriented with the continent of Africa facing front. The figure is screwed from below to a two-tiered wooden platform painted black. A silver plate is nailed around the exterior side of the bottom tier and is engraved with text reading: 26th Annual NAACP Image Awards / 1993 / OUTSTANDING FEMALE ARTIST / WHITNEY HOUSTON / "THE BODYGUARD SOUNDTRACK".
- Place used
- Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Awards and Medals
- Type
- trophies (prizes)
- Topic
- Actors
- Popular music
- Singers (Musicians)
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Whitney Houston
- Object number
- 2014.161.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.