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Billie Holiday

Object Details

Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
Roy DeCarava, 9 Dec 1919 - 27 Oct 2009
Sitter
Billie Holiday, 7 Apr 1915 - 17 Jul 1959
Date
1957 (printed 1982)
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 33.1 x 25.4cm (13 1/16 x 10")
Sheet: 35.3 x 27.6cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/8")
Mat: 71.1 x 55.9cm (28 x 22")
Type
Photograph

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