Photograph by
Swope, Martha, American
Subject of
Miller, Jonette O'Kelley, American
Hunt, Sharita Mae
Reese, Roxanne
Date
1977-1978
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image and sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.2 × 19.5 cm)
H x W (mounting paper): 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
Description
A black and white photograph of Jonette O’Kelley Miller performing as the Lady in Green. Miller is standing in the center of photograph, her left hand at her waist and her right arm out gesturing out to her right. Sitting in the background, behind Miller, are Sharita Mae Hunt, the Lady in Orange, and Roxanne Reese, the Lady in Brown. There is a large flower in the background behind them, as part of the production design. The photograph was taking during the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. This photograph is glued to mounting paper; another photograph from the production is on the reverse side.
Place captured
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
photographs
portraits
Topic
Broadway Theatre
Drama (Theatre)
Feminism
Modern dance
Poetry
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
Object number
2015.53.3
Restrictions & Rights
Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd509c67ad2-34d1-4836-9264-d78324a54003

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