Photographic print of Count Basie: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Count Basie: Date: ca.1940 - 1945. Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998. Subject of: Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white close up photograph of Count Basie seated at a piano. A woman wearing a fur coat and two men wearing suits are partially visible in the background. The back of the photograph has six stickers with barcode, numbers, reproduction information, caption information and a handwritten inscription of numbers.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca.1940 - 1945
- Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of: Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Place depicted: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: U.S. History, 1933-1945
- Object number: 2014.302.51
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
- 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: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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