Object Details
- Description
- A color photograph of Miles Davis and Easy Mo Bee at Chung King Studios.
- The two men are pictured standing behind a large piece of studio recording equipment. Davis, on the left, wears sunglasses and a fringed leather jacket over a red shirt. Bee is on the right, wearing a white shirt. One arm rests on Davis's shoulder and the other is propped on an audio speaker. He holds two fingers out in a peace sign gesture. On the verso is a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler reading [Miles Davis + Easy Mo B, NY, '91, By Michael Benabib].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
- Subject of
- Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991
- Easy Mo Bee, American, born 1965
- Chung King Studios, American, founded 1986
- Date
- 1991
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 15 11/16 × 11 in. (39.8 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (Image): 10 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (27 × 27.3 cm)
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
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