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Photographic print of Run-DMC-JMJ and Rick Rubin

Object Details

Description
A black and white photograph of Run-DMC-JMJ with Rick Rubin.
Run-DMC is standing in some steps in front of a building. JMJ is on the proper right side. He is wearing a black coat, black leather pants, a helix chain necklace, and a ring on his proper right hand. He is also wearing a black hair. Rick Rubin is standing in front of him. He has long hair and a beard and mustache. He is wearing a light colored coat with a hood and dark pants. His proper right hand is in front of his face and he appears to be scratching his upper lip. Run is on the proper left side of the steps. He is wearing a dark colored had and a black coat. DMC is in front of him. He is wearing a black shirt, black track pants, and a black coat. He is also wearing a black hat, black glasses with tinted lenses, a helix chain necklace with a shoe on it, and rings on his fingers. There is a camera man in the foreground with his back turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a denim jacket and a headband around his ears. He is wearing fingerless black gloves and is working with a large video camera. The building is made of bricks. It has decorative front doors, a porch light, and trees to the side.
There is a white border around the image. it is thicker on the top and bottom and thinner on the two sides. It is signed under the image on the proper left side [Sebastian Piras 04]. The back of the photograph is white. There are two marks on the top where tape used to be. There is an inscription on the bottom and going up the right side, handwritten by Bill Adler.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Sebastian Piras, Italian, born 1960
Subject of
Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
Rev. Run, American, born 1964
Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
Jam Master Jay, American, 1965 - 2002
Rick Rubin, American, born 1963
Date
ca. 1987
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 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (22.5 × 34.3 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
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