Slow Fade to Black: Dorothy Jean Dandridge
- Photograph by
- Weems, Carrie Mae, American, born 1953
- Subject of
- Dandridge, Dorothy, American, 1922 - 1965
- Date
- 2009-2010
- Medium
- inkjet print (a): ink on photographic paper;
- frame (b): acrylic, wood, wire and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Frame): 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (32.7 × 25.1 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- Color inkjet print (a) of Dorothy Jean Dandridge in a green frame (b).
- The photograph (a) is intentionally out of focus. The figure of Dorothy Jean Dandridge is dressed in costume for the 1951 film "Tarzan's Peril." Dandrige is seated on a log in front of a forest background. Dandridge has both hands on her left hip. She is facing the camera with her head tilted to the side. Dandridge is wearing a red head piece with large jewelry. She has a light blue one-shoulder top and a red skirt. In the original image, Dandridge's layered necklaces and bracelet are visible. She is smiling and looking off camera to the left. Dandrige's blue top has a sash over one shoulder held in place with a red clasp. The red skirt has detailed stripes that match her headband.
- The photograph is inset in the frame (b). The back borders of the frame are raised and have paper tape around the edges. At the top is a sticker with the TransArt International shipping label. The center portion of the frame has two white adhesive labels, one with information about the artist, Carrie Mae Weems. The other has exhibit details and the address for the Jack Shainman Gallery. Below this tag is information about the frame with cleaning instructions highlighted in red marker. There is a corded metal wire screwed into the frame to hang the photograph.
- Portfolio/Series
- Slow Fade to Black
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Actors
- Art
- Dance
- Entertainers
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Mass media
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder in honor of Richard and Laura Parsons, Colin and Alma Powell, and Darren Walker
- Object number
- 2017.20.10ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carrie Mae Weems
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.