Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Nikki Giovanni
1950-2014
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This black and white photograph depicts Nikki Giovanni. Shown from the waist up, she is seated and leans sideways on her right elbow. She holds a stack of her volumes of poetry in her right hand and leans her right cheek on the volumes. Wearing a dark sweater over a collared shirt, she gazes directly at the viewer.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.254.6
