Nancy Wilson - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This image depicts musician Nancy Wilson singing. Wearing a black strapless dress, a single chain choker necklace, she stands holding a microphone cupped in both hands up to mouth level. She turns her face away from the microphone in front of her, towards the viewer, eyes closed. Taken from below, the angle gives her a monumental aspect.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980
• Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
• Subject of: Nancy Wilson, American, 1937 - 2018
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 6452 pixels × 5118 pixels, 60.06 MB
• Place depicted: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2014.116.23
• 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.