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Ed Bullins, Playwright

1980

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

Black and white photograph of Ed Bullins. Bullins is seen from the waist up wearing a black turtleneck shirt. He is looking at the viewer with his hands clasped behind his back. He stands in front of a textured wall of torn paper painted in alternating places with shiny, dark spray paint. The image is bordered in a narrow black line and is centered on a white background. Below the image in the bottom of the page is black handwritten text with the title and date [Ed Bullins - playwright - '80']. On the back of the photograph is stamped text in black ink [© ANTHONY BARBOZA/BARBOZA'S STUDIO/108 EAST 16th STREET/NEW YORK, N. Y. 10003/REP: KEN TEL. 674-5759/NOT FOR REPRODUCTION/WITHOUT PERMISSION/OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER/© ANTHONY BARBOZA].

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Catalog reference: 2014.157.6

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