Object Details
- Photograph by
- David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of
- Mary Lou Williams, American, 1910 - 1981
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams performing in New York City. Williams is photographed from the right as she sits at her piano. An out of focus mic stand is in the foreground. Williams wears a light colored sleeveless dress with a brooch pinned on it. Her eyes are closed as she plays.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- 1977
- Object number
- 2012.164.179
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David D. Spitzer
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 3/4 x 9 3/16 in. (34.9 x 23.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 x 10 11/16 in. (35.3 x 27.2 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Place captured
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Composers (Musicians)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.164.179
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56d3e0ecb-f152-4c46-910f-a4e4a772b240
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