Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969: Museum Object and Cultural History
Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969: Date: 1969. Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021. Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003.
The object in the museum catalogue
This image depicts musician Nina Simone during a concert. Sideways to the viewer, she turns her head to her right, her mouth open, while gesturing with her right hand. There is a microphone positioned directly in front of her.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1969
- Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 9195 pixels × 8873 pixels, 155.62 MB
- Place depicted: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Folk (Music)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Social reform
- Object number: 2014.116.28
- 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
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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: © Robert Houston Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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