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Playing the Piano

A celebration of piano players, famous and not so famous, as they practice their artistry.

Museum / Unit

National Portrait Gallery 31 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 10 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Archives - History Div 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Collages (visual works) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Folk art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
People 1 Filter by term Exclude term
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Date

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1900s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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1940s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
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Place

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National Portrait Gallery Collection 31 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Pianos 41 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 38 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 33 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 31 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 31 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianist 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 22 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 38 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 9 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Vladimir Horowitz

Duet #3

Elton John

The Spinet

Aaron Copland

Quiet Hour

The Parmly Sisters

Lavender Piano

Duke Ellington

Improvisation

Van Cliburn

Day Dreams

George Gershwin Self-Portrait

Leon Fleisher in performance with the Syracuse Symphony

Ray Charles

Unidentified figure (boxer) singing at piano

Vladimir Horowitz at the piano

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Fatha Hines

Keith Jarrett

Woman at the Piano

Cynthia Hoover

Lux Lewis

Marc Blitzstein

Duke Ellington

Igor Stravinsky

Elliott Carter

James Merrill

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Nat "King" Cole

Thelonious Monk

Nat King Cole

Sammy Cahn (with Jimmy Van Heusen)

Liberace

Willie "the Lion" Smith

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