Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog

Alvin Ailey and Romare Bearden

Object Details

Description
A print of Alvin Ailey and Romare Bearden with their arms around each other. Ailey, at left, wears a jacket and stands with his right shoulder towards the camera. Bearden, right, wears a jacket and tie with a pin on the lapel. At bottom center, under the image in black marker, is [A/P]. The photograph is signed at bottom right, under the image in black marker. There are no marks on the back.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Frank L. Stewart, American, born 1949
Subject of
Alvin Ailey, American, 1931 - 1989
Romare Bearden, American, 1911 - 1988
Date
1987
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 12 1/8 × 17 15/16 in. (30.8 × 45.6 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 15 15/16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.5 × 50.4 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top