Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Barnett, Etta Moten, American, 1901 - 2004
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Owned by
Barnett, Etta Moten, American, 1901 - 2004
Date
April 1974
Medium
ink on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
H x W (sheet): 7 7/8 × 10 in. (20 × 25.4 cm)
Description
This is a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett with three other individuals. She stands in a row with two women and a man. Etta Moten Barnett stands on the far left wearing a high-necked, long sleeved white and purple tie dye dress. The dress has a white background with wide purple diagonal stripes. Narrow purple stripes run diagonally in the opposite direction. She wears a large pendant around her neck and gazes to her left. Standing on her left side is a woman wearing a white dress with alternating broad and narrow grey bands of zigzagging stripes. The dress is belted in the middle. Scattered over the surface are large yellow flowers. She gazes directly at the viewer. Standing next to her is a third woman, wearing a white dress with black and white polka dots and small pink flowers scattered across the surface. On her other side is a man in a white button-down shirt, and a red and black patterned tie under a brown blazer. Both the man and woman gaze directly at the viewer. On the back of the photograph is handwritten text explaining the photograph is of the co-chairs for the preview dinner of the Africa Exhibit.
Place depicted
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Etta Moten Barnett Archive
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
color photographs
Topic
Activism
Actors
Broadway Theatre
Communities
Singers (Musicians)
Women
Women's organizations
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
A2022.13.1.22
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59afe955a-de9b-4e60-b749-e21633cc913e

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