Photograph of Leontyne Price at Carnegie Hall: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Leontyne Price at Carnegie Hall: Date: ca. 1984. Photograph by: Lloyd W. Yearwood, American, 1925 - 2011. Subject of: Leontyne Price, American, born 1927.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph depicts Leontyne Price performing on stage at Carnegie Hall. She is alone on stage with the exception of a piano. Taken from the top level of the theater, Price is blurry and indistinct, alone on stage next to a piano. Audience members can be seen in silhouette along the lower half of the image. The back of the photograph has a handwritten inscription reading "Taken about 1984, Leontyne Price, Concert at Carnegie Hall" along with contact information for the photographer.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1984
- Photograph by: Lloyd W. Yearwood, American, 1925 - 2011
- Subject of: Leontyne Price, American, born 1927
- Type: photomechanical prints
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 11 x 14 in (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
- Place made: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Opera (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.150.10.9
- 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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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: © Estate of Lloyd W. Yearwood Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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