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Photographic print of Q-Tip

March 22, 1990

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white photograph of Q-Tip in an exterior doorway in New York City. Q-Tip is pictured in the center of the image, visible from the waist up. He is standing and leaning against an exterior doorframe. He wears a dark colored baseball cap, headphones over his ears, and a dark coat over a denim jacket. His arms are in front of him, crossed at the wrists. There is graffiti on the wall next to him, and the door behind him is glass with a metal grate. On the back of the print is an inscription handwritten by Bill Adler identifying the subject, location, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.301

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