Autographed photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano: Museum Object and Cultural History
Autographed photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano: Date: 1974. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano. He is wearing black-rimmed glasses, and a suit and tie, with a white pocket square. He is sitting on a piano bench playing the piano in front of a brick wall with a white window. Handwritten in the top right corner, in black marker is “To Hinsh Cohen / from / Eulie Blake / feb. 9th / 1974.” Stamped in black ink on the back of the photograph at bottom right is “FEB - 9 1974.” Also on the back, handwritten in red ink is “EUBIE BLAKE” in the bottom right corner.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1974
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 13/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.9 × 19.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Ragtime (Music)
- Object number: 2014.3.7
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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