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Playing the Piano

A celebration of piano players, famous and not so famous, as they practice their artistry.

Museum / Unit

National Portrait Gallery 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1930s 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 4 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Allegheny County 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Chicago 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cook County 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Illinois 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Currently not on view 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 5 Filter by term Exclude term
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term
The Way of Life of the Northern Negro 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Entertainers 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianist 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianos 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Date: 1940s

Film still of Una Mae Carlisle on the set of “I Like It ‘Cause I Love It”

Quiet Hour

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Fatha Hines

Lux Lewis

Marc Blitzstein

Igor Stravinsky

Thelonious Monk

Nat King Cole

The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled

Mary Lou Williams

Photographic print of Duke Ellington, Alfredo Gustar, and Billy Strayhorn

Peace Advocates

Fats Waller

Photograph of Una Mae Carlisle

Vladimir Horowitz

Bud Powell

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