Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is standing in front of several microphones and is facing the left side of the photograph with her body slightly turned towards the photographer. She is wearing a light-colored dress and is singing. Both of her arms are raised above her shoulders with her hands outstretched. A man playing a trombone and a man playing a clarinet are on the right side of the photograph. A piano can be seen in the background. The back of the photograph is inscribed with [ANTIBES 1960 / "SISTER" ROSETTA THARPE] and has a stamp for the photographer Riccardo Schwamenthal.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Subject of
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Photograph by
- Riccardo Schwamenthal, Austrian, 1937 - 2016
- Manufactured by
- Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
- Date
- 1960
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 × 9 7/16 in. (17.8 × 24 cm)
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
