Object Details
- Photograph by
- Calvert Studio, American
- Subject of
- Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Count Basie. Basie is depicted in a circular spotlight, against a dark background. The spotlight is cast over his body and creates a shadow on the wall behind. He is wearing a dark suit and holding a baton in his proper right hand. White cursive text, written in the negative, in the bottom left corner reads, [Calvert / Chicago]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1935-1950
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 × 4 in. (12.7 × 10.1 cm)
- Place made
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.46.25.9
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5251904fe-8de1-4b1c-8b9f-787f4303f446
