Photography — 1969
Man in a Zoot Suit, Great Western Road
A black man in a 'zoot suit' on Great Western Road, Westbourne Green, 1969. The zoot suit was described by the radical black leader, Malcolm X, as 'the killer-diller coat'. It is particularly associated with the black American jazz music scene.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- IN40119
- Object name:
- Man in a Zoot Suit, Great Western Road
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Phillips, Charlie
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- Production date:
- 1969
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 304 mm, L 405 mm (overall), H 243 mm, L 355 mm (image size)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund and V&A Purchase Grant Fund
- Copyright holder:
Phillips, Charlie
- Image credit:
© Charlie Phillips
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- License this image:
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