Untitled: Museum Object and Cultural History
Untitled: Date: 1965-1971; printed later. Photograph by: John H. White, American, born 1945. Subject of: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photographic print of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet. Armstrong is playing while seated in a chair. He is wearing suit, white shirt and bow tie. He is wearing a watch on his left wrist. The walls of the room are covered in tile and there is a sink on the far right of the photograph. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1965-1971; printed later
- Photograph by: John H. White, American, born 1945
- Subject of: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 16 7/16 × 25 1/16 in. (41.8 × 63.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 24 × 30 3/16 in. (61 × 76.7 cm)
- Place collected: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2016.118.37
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
- 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: © John H. White Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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