Baby Ikki and Onlookers, Hartford
Date1978
MediumPhotography; color slide on plastic in cardboard mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robert Gregson
DescriptionSlide depicting performance artist Michael Smith as his character Baby Ikki performing in downtown Hartford. He is wearing a diaper held up with suspenders, a t-shirt, a bonnet, and sunglasses, all of them white. A pacifier is suspended from a necklace, and there is a baby bottle, an open plastic egg, and plastic necklaces sitting on the sidewalk. A young African-American man, on the left, is holding what appears to be a microphone connected to a cord. There are spectators in the background. Taken during a Thursday is a Work of Art event.
Object number2015.99.5.41
CopyrightCopyright held by the Connecticut Historical Society. See object file for copyright transfer forms.
Inscribed"X", "Thursday 1978" and "4-69" written in black ink on slide mount. "Kodachrome Slide", "Kodak" and "Processed by Kodak" printed on slide mount."Collections
- Thursday is a Work of Art
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