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Public Enemy

Object Details

Description
A black and white digital print photograph of Public Enemy. The photograph features, from left to right, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Professor Griff, and Chuck D. Flavor Flav and Chuck D both hold microphones near the foreground of the photograph. Terminator X stands by turn tables and Professor Griff stands crossing his arms in the background. The back of the photograph has a Jack Mitchell stamp with the number [5873].
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013
Subject of
Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
Date
May 1, 1987; 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): 12 7/16 × 15 1/2 in. (31.6 × 39.4 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in. (32.9 × 48.4 cm)
Type
inkjet prints

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