Joyce Bryant: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A gelatin silver print of Joyce Bryant in front of an upright piano. She sits on the piano bench and faces the viewer while resting her arm on the piano's music desk. Also on the music desk are booklets of sheet music, including "My Lord and Master" and a Billie Holliday "Lady Sings the Blues" anthology. Partially obscured by Bryant is sheet music featuring the image of a European classical composer wearing a periwig. More sheet music is stacked on the piano's top. Above the piano, and dominating the top half of the photograph, is a large print of Joyce Bryant.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1978
• Created by: Louis H. Draper, American, 1935 - 2002
• Subject of: Joyce Bryant, American, born 1928
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (33.3 x 22.6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 13/16 x 10 13/16 in. (35.1 x 27.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.66.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nell Draper-Winston
• 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: © The Louis Draper Archive Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.