Object Details
- Printed by
- Draeger, Imp, French, 1886 - 1980
- Illustrated by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Josephine Baker, American, 1906 - 1975
- Signed by
- Josephine Baker, American, 1906 - 1975
- Description
- A Bakerfix advertisement featuring an image of Josephine Baker. The image is a close up image of Baker from the shoulders up. She is leaning her head down, towards her proper right shoulder. Text written in French at the top reads: [Bakerfix / Brillantiné / fixe les cheveux sans les graisser]. The bottom right corner has Baker's signature. Below her signature black text reads: [Draeger, Imp.]. The advertisement is mounted in white matting. The back of the matting has exhibition labels from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and the Sheldon Art Galleries.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Jean-Claude Baker
- ca. 1930
- Object number
- 2016.135.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- lithographs
- advertisements
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 11 × 8 5/8 in. (27.9 × 21.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 18 1/8 × 16 3/16 in. (46 × 41.1 cm)
- Place made
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Advertising
- Beauty culture
- Business
- Entertainers
- Hair
- Jazz (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.135.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ba414038-3b48-412a-aa1a-4bc97f0237b2
