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:
photograph, pigment print
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)
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Record quality:
100%
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Credit:
Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund and V&A Purchase Grant Fund
