Photograph of Ike Quebec: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Ike Quebec: Date: ca. 1945. Photograph by: Bruno Bernard, American, 1912 - 1987. Subject of: Ike Quebec, American, 1918 - 1963.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ike Quebec. He is depicted from the waist-up wearing a medium toned suit and a dark tie. He is holding a saxophone in front of him. White text in the negative at the bottom left of the image reads, [Bruno / of / Hollywood / NYC]. The image is framed by a white border with black text printed in the bottom that reads: [IKE QUEBEC and his Combo / Personal Management / Walter P. Thomas / 117 W. 48th St., N.Y. 19, NY]. Along the left side of the image is an inscription in blue ink that reads: [To Zeke My Ace Boone Coon / StAY Great & you will / Always be Great / Ike Quebec]. A stamp in black ink on the back of the image reads, [THANKS FOR CREDIT / BRUNO / of / Hollywood / N.Y.C. / 154 W. 57TH ST., NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. / HOTEL LENOX, BOSTON, MASS.].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1945
- Photograph by: Bruno Bernard, American, 1912 - 1987
- Subject of: Ike Quebec, American, 1918 - 1963
- Subject of: Walter P. Thomas
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (22.2 × 18.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.7 cm)
- Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2013.46.25.32
- 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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