Object Details
- Description
- A color photograph of Idalis Leon captured in New York City.
- Leon is pictured standing in the center of the image, wearing a green ribbed turtleneck sweater and purple pants. Her proper right pointer finger is in her mouth and she holds a red-colored cocktail in a glass in her proper left hand. A few other individuals are partially visible in the dark background behind her. A handwritten inscription beneath the image reads [IDALIS LEON NYC '93 / (WE LIKED EACH OTHER...) along with the photographer's signature [Ricky Powell '03] at bottom right.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021
- Subject of
- Idalis DeLeón, American, born 1969
- Date
- 1993
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 19 3/8 × 16 in. (49.2 × 40.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
- Type
- chromogenic color prints
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