Photograph of Ivie Anderson: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ivie Anderson. Anderson is depicted from the chest up, against a white background. She is depicted in profile, with her head turned towards the viewer. Her chin is tilted down and resting on her proper right shoulder. Anderson is wearing a light colored, halter neck garment. Her hair is pulled back and styled in an up-do. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom center reads, [Maurice / Chicago]. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1930-1942
• Photograph by: Maurice Seymour Studio, American, founded 1929
• Subject of: Ivie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1949
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24 × 18.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
• Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.46.25.128
• 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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