Butch Morris, Musician: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black and white photograph of Butch Morris seated on a stool. He is perched with his hands grasping the front of the stool with his legs posed on either side of his arms. He wears a dark sweater and light colored corduroy pants. He looks at the camera with his mouth slightly open. He is seated in front of a white background with shadows on the wall behind him. The shadows, in either side of Morris, appear to be music stands or other lighting equipment. The image is bordered in a narrow black line from the original negative frame. The image is on a white background. Below the image is hand-written text with the title, date, and artist's signature [Butch Morris - musician - '84'/A. Barboza].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1984
• Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
• Subject of: Butch Morris, American, 1947 - 2013
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in. (35.4 × 28.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (27 × 27.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.157.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Barboza
• 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: © Anthony Barboza Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.