Photographic print of Eroll Garner and unknown woman at a piano: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of Erroll Garner and an unknown woman at a piano. Garner sits to the left of the photograph at the keys of the piano. The woman stands to the right of the photograph with her hands atop the piano. The front right corner has a handwritten inscription in black ink: [716]. The back of the photograph has caption information written by hand in pencil.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1940-1945
• Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
• Subject of: Erroll Garner, American, 1923 - 1977
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 15/16 × 11 1/2 in. (22.7 × 29.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: U.S. History, 1933-1945
• Object number: 2014.302.60
• 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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