Sidney Poitier Wins Oscar, 1964
Object Details
- depicted (sitter)
- Poitier, Sidney
- Wiener, Leigh
- Description
- Black and white photograph of actor Sidney Poitier winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Homer Smith in the 1963 film Lillies of the Field. Poitier is the first African-American man to win an Oscar and photographer Leigh Weiner captured this historic moment in film history.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- September 1986
- ID Number
- 2011.0249.01
- accession number
- 2011.0249
- catalog number
- 2011.0249.01
- Object Name
- photograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Movie Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Movie
- Entertainment, Film
- Academy Awards
- African American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1414213
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-6c8d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
