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Man at the Piano, Fountain House

Object Details

Description
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of an unidentified man’s proper left profile seated at a piano at The Fountain House Foundation, an organization supporting mental health. With a darkened background, his fingertips are on the white keys, his head looking down at them. The man is wearing a white shirt with a black or dark-colored coat.
There is no inscription on the front of the photograph. On the back are the photographer’s stamp and signature, along with some alpha- numerical notations.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
1959
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10 × 13 in. (25.4 × 33 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
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