Miles at Home on West 77th St.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Miles at Home on West 77th St.: Date: 1971. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a black and white photograph of Miles Davis looking directly into the camera while standing. His proper left hand is resting on his proper left hip. He wears leather pants, a billowy black shirt, and a shiny scarf. He also wears a studded belt. He is pictured mostly in shadow with his head and torso highlighted. In the lower third of the image in the background is furniture. The image is centered on a white background. In the center of the back is handwritten text in black with the title, date, and artist's name.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1971
- Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
- Subject of: Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991
- Type: portraits
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Baptist
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2014.152.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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.
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