Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This image depicts musician Nina Simone sitting at a piano. Sitting sideways to the viewer at a piano, a microphone is set up in front of her. Her hands are posed on the keys of the piano. She wears a silky, long sleeve dress with jeweled buttons at the cuffs, and a sparkly headband.

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: 10941 pixels × 9690 pixels, 202.23 MB
• Place depicted: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Folk (Music)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.116.29
• 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.