Mahalia Jackson

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Object Details

Artist

Carl Van Vechten, 17 Jun 1880 - 21 Dec 1964

Sitter

Mahalia Jackson, 26 Oct 1911 - 27 Jan 1972

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1962 (printed 1983)

Object number

NPG.83.188.25

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Photograph © Carl Van Vechten Trust

Gravure and compilation ©Eakins Press Foundation

Type

Photograph

Medium

Photogravure

Dimensions

Image: 22.4 × 15 cm (8 13/16 × 5 7/8")

Sheet: 55.7 × 35.1 cm (21 15/16 × 13 13/16")

Mat: 61 × 40.6 cm (24 × 16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Mahalia Jackson: Female

Mahalia Jackson: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Singer

Mahalia Jackson: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist

Portrait

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