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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 38 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 17 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 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 65 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 33 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 5 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 40 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 12 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 46 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 26 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 12 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
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 38 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 34 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 13 Filter by term Exclude term
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Music 56 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 50 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianos 50 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 44 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 39 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 38 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianist 29 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 91 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 22 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 8 Filter by term Exclude term

Ray Charles

Indoor Portrait of Two Children Sitting at a Piano

A Portrait

Thelonious Monk

Unidentified figure (boxer) singing at piano

Mary Lou Williams, 1977

Photograph of Velma Middleton and an unidentified woman at a piano

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

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

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

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