Research Catalog

Title

Nelson Mandela portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1990-1994>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Higgins, Chester.
• Gosani, Bob.

Description

• 18 items (one folder); 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.
• <8> photographic prints : col. ;
• <10> photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits and views of South African activist and former political prisoner Nelson Mandela, mostly taken in 1990 during his visits to New York City, Namibia and Stockholm, Sweden. The collection consists of individual portraits and a candid shot of Mandela; views of Mandela with New York City mayor David Dinkins at Gracie Mansion and at a Harlem rally; with his wife, Winnie Mandela, and Namibian president Sam Nujoma attending Namibian independence celebrations; and meeting with former African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo and the Reverend Jesse Jackson in Stockholm. Also included are a view of Mandela with "ABC News Nightline" host Ted Koppel during a town hall meeting at Aaron Davis Hall, at the City College of New York; and Mandela sparring with South African boxing champion, Gerry Moloi, during Mandela's treason trial in 1957.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Group portraits > 1990-1999
• Civil rights workers > South Africa
• Dye coupler prints > 1990-1999
• Tambo, Oliver, 1917-1993
• Activists > 1990-1999
• Dinkins, David N
• Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1990-1999
• Nujoma, Sam
• Political prisoners > South Africa > 1990-1999
• Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8-
• Portrait photographs > 1990-1999
• Moloi, Gerry
• Mandela, Winnie
• Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
• Gracie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1990-1999.
• Group portraits – 1990-1999.
• Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1990-1999.

Note

• Title devised by author.
• Most photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso. Most items bear handwritten captions.
• Collection contains work by Chester Higgins and Bob Gosani.

Terms of Use (note)

• Items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Mandela, Nelson

OCLC

NYPG085000925-F

Title

Nelson Mandela portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1990-1994>

Terms Of Use

Items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

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Added Author

Higgins, Chester. Photographer

Gosani, Bob. Photographer

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Mandela, Nelson