Photograph of Nina Simone, Michael Pollard, and Janis Joplin: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Nina Simone, Michael Pollard, and Janis Joplin: Date: May 1970. Photograph by: Charles Stewart, American, 1927 - 2017. Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003.
The object in the museum catalogue
A gelatin silver print of (left to right) Nina Simone, Michael Pollard, and Janis Joplin backstage at the Fillmore East. Simone wears a light colored knit dress with braided straps and a jeweled headdress on her brow, Pollard wears a dark jacket and a scarf, and Joplin wears a large white fuzzy hat with dark colored garments and long beaded necklaces. Simone and Pollard are looking towards the camera and smiling; Joplin is looking down towards a paper cup she holds in her proper left hand. They stand in front of a dark colored wall with multiple posters and fliers tacked up. There are no inscriptions front or back. On the verso center is the photographer's stamp in blue ink: [CHARLES STEWART / Photography / 136 West 44th ST. / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10036].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: May 1970
- Photograph by: Charles Stewart, American, 1927 - 2017
- Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
- Subject of: Janis Joplin, American, 1943 - 1970
- Subject of: Michael J. Pollard, American, born 1939
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.132.16
- 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: © Charles Stewart Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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