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Odetta

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Bob Willoughby, 30 Jun 1927 - 18 Dec 2009

Sitter

Odetta, 31 Dec 1930 - 2 Dec 2008

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Willoughby

Date

1954 (printed 1997)

Object number

NPG.97.95

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Bob Willoughby

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 23.1 × 35.5 cm (9 1/8 × 14")
Sheet: 30.5 × 40.5 cm (12 × 15 15/16")
Mat: 40.7 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22")

Place

United States\California\San Francisco\San Francisco

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Interior
Music\Musical instrument\Piano
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
Interior\Nightclub
Odetta: Female
Odetta: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Composer
Odetta: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist
Odetta: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
Odetta: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Guitarist
Odetta: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Singer\Folk singer
Odetta: Performing arts awards\Grammy
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44139cc35-37db-4d3a-8962-e74a590643de

Record ID

npg_NPG.97.95

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