Object Details
- Artist
- Alex Asher Daniel, born 14 May 1973
- Sitter
- Phylicia Rashad, born 1948
- Exhibition Label
- Born Houston, Texas
- A generation of women balancing career and family found an inspirational role model in attorney Clair Huxtable, the strict yet loving mother of five children portrayed by Phylicia Rashad on the television sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–92). Through her Emmy-nominated performances, Rashad created a feminist icon and one of the most impactful black women characters in television history. She went on to pursue a distinguished career as a stage actor and director. In 2004, Rashad became the first woman of color to win the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress for her performance in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (1959). Her Tony-nominated performance in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean (2003) followed in 2005, and she has subsequently directed several of Wilson’s plays. In 2011, Rashad was named the first Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre at Fordham University, and in 2016, she was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
- Nacida en Houston, Texas
- Toda una generación de mujeres que trataban de armonizar sus carreras con sus responsabilidades familiares encontró un modelo en la abogada Clair Huxtable, madre estricta pero cariñosa de cinco niños, interpretada por Phylicia Rashad en la comedia televisiva The Cosby Show (1984–92). Con su trabajo, que le valió nominaciones para el premio Emmy, Rashad creó un ícono feminista y uno de los personajes femeninos negros de mayor impacto en la historia de la televisión. Luego cultivó una distinguida carrera como actriz de teatro y directora. En 2004 Rashad recibió el premio Tony a la mejor actriz principal, el primero otorgado a una mujer de color, por su actuación en A Raisin in the Sun (1959), de Lorraine Hansberry. Su actuación en Gem of the Ocean (2003), de August Wilson, fue nominada en 2005 para el Tony, y luego ha dirigido varias obras de ese autor. En 2011 Rashad ocupó la recién creada Cátedra Denzel Washington de Teatro en la Universidad de Fordham y en 2016 fue incorporada al Salón de la Fama del Teatro.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift in honor of Michael and Sade Lythcott and Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre
- 2011
- Object number
- NPG.2016.142
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 2016, Alex Asher Daniel
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Acrylic paint, oil-based paint, colored pencil, oil stick, spray paint, collage on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 70.5 × 49.5 cm (27 3/4 × 19 1/2")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Phylicia Rashad: Female
- Phylicia Rashad: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Actor
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2016.142
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49ff8480c-92c7-4e36-9ece-bdc4d1e445ab
