Portrait of Leontyne Price: Museum Object and Cultural History
Portrait of Leontyne Price: Date: 1978. Photograph by: Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013. Subject of: Leontyne Price, American, born 1927.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of Leontyne Price. She is featured facing the camera wearing a turban with beading and a feathered piece around her neck. The back of the photograph has caption information and a Jack Mitchell stamp at center and the number [2340] in the top left corner.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1978
- Photograph by: Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013
- Subject of: Leontyne Price, American, born 1927
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Opera (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2016.83.9
- 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: © Jack Mitchell, All Rights Reserved Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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