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Carmen de Lavallade

Object Details

Description
A black and white digital print photograph of Carmen de Lavallade. The photograph features de Lavallade standing sideways, facing the camera. Her proper left hand rests on her proper right arm. She is wearing an outfit with thin shoulder straps, a flower hairpiece, earrings, and ring. Unidentified figures are featured in the back right of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a Jack Mitchell stamp with the number [5850].
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013
Subject of
Carmen de Lavallade, American, born 1931
Date
1962; printed 1990s
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jack Mitchell Archives
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 15 3/16 × 12 5/16 in. (38.6 × 31.3 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 19 1/16 × 12 15/16 in. (48.4 × 32.9 cm)
Type
inkjet prints

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