Photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing during a recording session: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing during a recording session: Date: ca. 1965. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Jimi Hendrix, American, 1942 - 1970.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a black and white photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing during a recording session. Jimi Hendrix is depicted in profile standing holding his electric guitar. He is shown from the knees up. He wears a light colored long sleeve shirt with puffy sleeves, with ruffles at the cuffs and the neckline. The neckline is an open V-neck. Over the shirt he wears a short, patterned vest. He wears dark pants and a belt decorated with metallic dics. A microphone is suspended in front of his face, and he wears a pair of large headphones. The back is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1965
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Jimi Hendrix, American, 1942 - 1970
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24 × 18.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.2 × 20.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2021.102.3.3
- 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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