Photograph of a piano player: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of a piano player: Date: early 20th-mid 20th century. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a male piano player. The man is depicted in three quarters profile, from the waist up. He is seated at a piano, depicted on the right side of the image, with his face turned towards the viewer. His hands rest on the piano keyboard. He is depicted wearing a black jacket, white shirt, and black tie. There is a stylized photographer's mark printed in the negative in the bottom right corner. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: early 20th-mid 20th century
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 × 7 1/16 in. (22.9 × 17.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.5 × 20.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2013.46.25.43
- 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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