Blue Mitchell, 1975: Museum Object and Cultural History
Blue Mitchell, 1975: Date: 1975. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Blue Mitchell, American, 1930 - 1979.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of jazz trumpeter Blue Mitchell performing in Coral Gables, FL. Mitchell is photographed from the left and is holding his trumpet to his lips in front of a microphone. Just behind him is a man in a denim shirt and dark cap playing saxaphone.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1975
- Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of: Blue Mitchell, American, 1930 - 1979
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 x 13 9/16 in. (24.2 x 34.5 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (27.3 x 34.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Matted): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Place captured: Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2012.164.78
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © David D. Spitzer Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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