Amiri Baraka, Poet
Object Details
- Photograph by
- Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
- Subject of
- Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
- Description
- Black and white photograph of Amiri Bakara. Bakara stands on the right side of the image with his hands clasped behind his back wearing a dark turtleneck shirt and trousers. He stands in front of a paneled background where light ripples in waves on the panels; Bakara's shadow is cast on the wall. The image is bordered in a narrow black line on a white background. The image is centered on the background. Below the image of the lower left side is the title and date [Amiri Bakara - poet - '76']. Below the image on the lower right side is the artist's signature [A. Barboza].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Barboza
- 1976
- Object number
- 2014.157.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Anthony Barboza
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
- H x W (Image): 7 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (20.2 × 19.8 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Photography
- Poetry
- Resistance
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.157.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd564213abf-e486-47b6-b723-56eb4364276e
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