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Pete Seeger

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Sid Grossman, 25 Jun 1913 - 31 Dec 1955

Sitter

Pete Seeger, 3 May 1919 - 27 Jan 2014

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1946-48

Object number

NPG.94.85

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Sid Grossman, courtesy of the Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 33.5 x 26.9 cm (13 3/16 x 10 9/16")
Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior
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
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b6b3cef6-0dc6-49cf-97d9-f26f95129fc0

Record ID

npg_NPG.94.85

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