Research Catalog

Title

Raven Chanticleer collection.

Author

Chanticleer, Raven, 1928-2002

Publication

[1989?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

• 15 items (one folder); 10 x 15 cm
• 10 photographic prints : color ;
• 3 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 2 dye diffusion transfer prints : color ;

Summary

Depictions mainly of activities related to fashion designer and dancer Raven Chanticleer's African American Wax and History Museum of Harlem, New York City, in 1989, consisting of a studio portrait of Chanticleer; candid shots of Chanticleer with visitors to the museum; candid shots of Chanticleer with acquaintances at other public locations; and views of the museum's wax figures. Also included is a photographic reproduction of artwork done to promote the museum.

Subject

• Chanticleer, Raven, 1928-2002
• African American fashion designers
• African American artists
• Waxworks > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
• Group portraits – 1980-1989.
• Snapshots – 1980-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1989.
• Dye coupler prints – 1980-1989.
• Instant camera prints – 1980-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• One photograph bears printed caption on recto.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Raven Chanticleer (1928-2002) was an African American fashion designer, dancer, sculptor and entreprenuer. Chanticleer had designed clothes for Bergdorf Goodman prior to founding his own dance company, the Raven Chaticleer Dancers, in the 1960s. He returned to fashion design in the 1970s. In 1989, Chanticleer opened the African-American Wax and History Museum of Harlem, devoted to African American heroes, where he sculpted the wax figures and designed their clothing.

Call Number

Sc Photo Raven Chanticleer Collection

OCLC

1273926236

Author

Chanticleer, Raven, 1928-2002, collector.

Title

Raven Chanticleer collection.

Production

[1989?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Raven Chanticleer (1928-2002) was an African American fashion designer, dancer, sculptor and entreprenuer. Chanticleer had designed clothes for Bergdorf Goodman prior to founding his own dance company, the Raven Chaticleer Dancers, in the 1960s. He returned to fashion design in the 1970s. In 1989, Chanticleer opened the African-American Wax and History Museum of Harlem, devoted to African American heroes, where he sculpted the wax figures and designed their clothing.

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Sc Photo Raven Chanticleer Collection