Object Details
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a graffiti mural by the artist Andre P. Charles titled "Wall Mural Tupac Shakur Live by the Gun," memorializing Tupac Shakur. The mural, on Houston Street in New York City, is spray-painted on a metal security gate inset into a brick wall. in the center is a portrait of Shakur. Above and below him are the words [LIVE BY THE GUN DIE BY THE GUN]. Pedestrians pass by on either side of the image. On the back are inscriptions by Bill Adler identifying the photographer, subject, location, and date.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Al Pereira, American, born 1963
- Created by
- Andre P. Charles, American, born 1968
- Subject of
- Tupac Amaru Shakur, American, 1971 - 1996
- Printed by
- Bill Adler, American, born 1951
- Date
- February 1997; printed 2003
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- H x W (Image): 8 11/16 × 12 7/8 in. (22.1 × 32.7 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
