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Pete Seeger (with Alan Lomax)

National Portrait Gallery

Object Details

Artist
John Cohen, 2 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019
Sitter
Pete Seeger, 3 May 1919 - 27 Jan 2014
Alan Lomax, 1915 - 19 Jul 2002
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1959 (printed 1997)
Object number
NPG.97.188
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 22.1 x 33.5 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/16")
Sheet: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16")
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
See more items in
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Location
Currently not on view
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Music\Musical instrument\Piano
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone
Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
Music\Musical instrument\Banjo
Pete Seeger: Male
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Songwriter
Pete Seeger: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Activist
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Folklorist
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Guitarist
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Singer\Folk singer
Pete Seeger: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Banjo
Pete Seeger: Performing arts awards\Grammy
Alan Lomax: Male
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Anthropologist
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Music producer
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musicologist
Alan Lomax: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Music collector
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.97.188
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f2b7daba-86f3-4f15-a001-635a86546aea

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