Duke Ellington - Roxbury, Mass. - 1970: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This image depicts Duke Ellington playing the piano. Sitting on a piano bench at a grand piano with his back to the viewer, he has his hands on the keys and his head turned to the left. He wears a light colored jacket and dark checked pants. In the background can be seen several sections of a band playing saxophones and trumpets.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
• Subject of: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 13036 pixels × 10274 pixels, 255.46 MB
• Place depicted: Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.116.26
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Robert Houston Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.