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Miles Davis

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Object Details

Artist

Tom Palumbo, 1921 - Oct 2008

Sitter

Miles Dewey Davis, 25 May 1926 - 28 Sep 1991

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Patricia Bosworth

Date

1955 (printed 2009)

Object number

NPG.2010.25

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Copyright © 2005 Tom Palumbo

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 49.9 x 50 cm (19 5/8 x 19 11/16")
Sheet: 55.8 x 55.9 cm (21 15/16 x 22")

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

Miles Dewey Davis: Male
Miles Dewey Davis: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Composer
Miles Dewey Davis: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Jazz musician
Miles Dewey Davis: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Horn player\Trumpeter
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm458bc37f6-b05e-44dd-a27b-39906f409d12

Record ID

npg_NPG.2010.25

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