Miles Davis, Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, 1990: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white silver gelatin photograph of Miles Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1990. Captured close wearing a dark sleeveless tank top, Miles Davis, faces the camera with his proper left arm raised. His dark wavy hair is down, and he wears shining chains, to include a pendant, around his neck. The twin palm emblem of Palm Press, Inc. is imprinted at the bottom right of the photographic sheet.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1990; printed 1995
• Photograph by: Herb Snitzer, American
• Subject of: Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991
• Signed by: Herb Snitzer, American
• Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 15 5/16 × 10 3/8 in. (38.9 × 26.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 19 × 14 9/16 in. (48.2 × 37 cm)
• Place captured: Newport, Rhode Island, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Arts and music festivals
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Holidays and festivals
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2019.62.10
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © Herb Snitzer Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.