Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white sepia toned photograph of New Orleans musician Professor Longhair playing piano during a performance in New York City. He is photographed from significantly below the stage while sitting at the piano and facing right and wears a t-shirt, slacks, white belt, necklace and sunglasses. Just behind him is a standing man playing bass.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of
- Professor Longhair, American, 1918 - 1980
- Date
- 1973
- 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): 13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (33.5 x 23.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (35 x 27 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
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