Quincy Jones
- Photograph by
- Platon, British, born 1968
- Subject of
- Jones, Quincy, American, 1933 - 2024
- Date
- 1998; printed 2019
- Medium
- pigment on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 20 7/8 × 20 in. (53.1 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Quincy Jones, by Platon. The close-up of Jones depicts him from the shoulders up. He is looking directly at the viewer with a serious expression on his face and a furrowed brow. He is wearing oval shaped glasses with a tortoiseshell upper rim, a light tone dress shirt unbuttoned at the collar, and a dark tone, felted sweater. He also has a small hoop earring in his proper left earlobe. The background of the photograph is bright white. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- pigment prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
- Object number
- 2021.33.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Platon
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.