Harry Belafonte

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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 Harry Belafonte, by Platon. The close-up of Belafonte depicts him from the shoulders up with his head slightly tilted towards the right edge of the photograph and the proper left side of his face cradled in the palm of his proper left hand. His proper right hand is wrapped around the wrist of his proper left arm. Belafonte has a smile on his face and is looking up, and to the left, into the distance. He is wearing a white dress shirt with an open collar. The background of the photograph is bright white. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?

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