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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 Museum of African American History and Culture 35 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 31 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian Archives - History Div 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 59 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 4 Filter by term Exclude term
digital media - born analog 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 2 Filter by term Exclude term
45 rpm records 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Collages (visual works) 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 37 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 21 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 44 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 25 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 7 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Broward County 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Miami-Dade County 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Fort Lauderdale 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 33 Filter by term Exclude term
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 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 3 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
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 47 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianos 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 39 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 38 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 37 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 32 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 31 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianist 25 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 80 Filter by term Exclude term
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CC0 6 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Date: 1930s

Vladimir Horowitz at the piano

Indoor Photo of a Man and Woman Facing each other and both are Playing the Piano

Beverly Plays the Blues

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Keith Jarrett

Woman at the Piano

Cynthia Hoover

Marc Blitzstein

Duke Ellington

Igor Stravinsky

Elliott Carter

James Merrill

Nat "King" Cole

Thelonious Monk

Nat King Cole

Sammy Cahn (with Jimmy Van Heusen)

Liberace

The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled

Willie "the Lion" Smith

Oscar Hammerstein I

Irving Berlin

Mary Lou Williams

Roy Meriwether, 1992

George Gershwin at Piano

Oscar Peterson, 1975

Woman in Red Dress at Piano

Charles Brown, 1995

Ray Bryant, 1979

McCoy Tyner, 1990

Stevie Wonder in concert at the Constitution Hall, Washington D.C.

Stevie Wonder Thought Shares

Horace Silver, 1977

Shirley Scott, 1976

Billy Taylor, 1993

Ray Charles

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