Object Details
Photograph by
Calvert Studio, American
Subject of
Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984
Description
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Count Basie. Basie is depicted in a circular spotlight, against a dark background. The spotlight is cast over his body and creates a shadow on the wall behind. He is wearing a dark suit and holding a baton in his proper right hand. White cursive text, written in the negative, in the bottom left corner reads, [Calvert / Chicago]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1935-1950
Object number
2013.46.25.9
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 5 × 4 in. (12.7 × 10.1 cm)
Place made
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Conductors (Musicians)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Jazz (Music)
Photography
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.46.25.9