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Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax

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Object Details

Artist

John Cohen, 2 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019

Sitter

Pete Seeger, 3 May 1919 - 27 Jan 2014
Alan Lomax, 1915 - 19 Jul 2002

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1959 (printed 1997)

Object number

NPG.97.188

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 22.1 x 33.5 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/16")
Sheet: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16")

Place

United States\New York\Kings\New York

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Music\Musical instrument\Piano
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone
Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
Music\Musical instrument\Banjo
Pete Seeger: Male
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Songwriter
Pete Seeger: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Activist
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Folklorist
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Guitarist
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Singer\Folk singer
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Banjo
Pete Seeger: Performing arts awards\Grammy
Alan Lomax: Male
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Anthropologist
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Music producer
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musicologist
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Music collector
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f2b7daba-86f3-4f15-a001-635a86546aea

Record ID

npg_NPG.97.188

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