Object Details
- Photograph by
- David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of
- Sun Ra, American, 1914 - 1993
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of jazz composer and musician Sun Ra at a performance in Miami Beach, FL. He is photographed in right profile and quite close up. His eyes are downcast and he wears a large winged headdress. A stage light is visible in the far right of the frame.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- 1990
- Object number
- 2012.164.138
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David D. Spitzer
- Permission required for use. 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): 9 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (23.8 x 35 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 x 13 15/16 in. (24.9 x 35.4 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Place captured
- Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Afrofuturism
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.164.138
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd555b3de8c-0734-41a9-8b05-fe3afcc203bc
