Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Taj Mahal playing a guitar in front of a microphone at a concert in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He is wearing a multicolored shirt, black beret, and sunglasses.

Photograph by

David D. Spitzer, American

Subject of

Taj Mahal, American, born 1942

Date

1989

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 11/16 x 13 3/4 in. (24.6 x 34.9 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 10 13/16 x 13 3/4 in. (27.5 x 34.9 cm)

H x W (Matted): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Object number

2012.164.1

Topic

African American

Blues (Music)

Composers (Musicians)

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Photography

Singers (Musicians)

Place captured

Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Restrictions & Rights

© David D. Spitzer