Color photographs of Eubie Blake and Bobbiegita Walker
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Barbara Walker, American
label: Subject of
content: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: Bov Walker, American
label: Subject of
content: Lew Jacobs, American
notes: label: Description
content: Five (2011.149.5.9a-d) color photographic images of Eubie Blake posing, while the artist, Bobbiegita Walker, works on the bust and unidentified people observe with the original accompanying photographic negative strip (2011.149.5.9e).
label: Description
content: 2011.149.5.9a: A color photograph of Eubie Blake sitting in a chair while being sculpted by Bobbiegita Walker. Blake is facing the camera holding his proper right hand in the air and resting his proper left hand on his lap. Walker is featured on the right and is working on the sculpture. The back of the photograph is blank.
label: Description
content: 2011.149.5.9b: A color photograph of Eubie Blake sitting in profile. Blake is holding his proper right hand in the air. Artist Bobbiegita Walker is sitting behind the sculpture of Blake in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph is blank.
label: Description
content: 2011.149.5.9c: A color photograph of Eubie Blake sitting while be sculpted by artist Bobbiegita Walker. Blake is sitting in profile, with his proper left side facing Walker. Walker is looking at Blake and has his proper right hand on the back of the sculpture. An unidentified person's arm is partially visible in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph is blank.
label: Description
content: 2011.149.5.9d: A color photograph of Eubie Blake sitting while be sculpted by artist Bobbiegita Walker. Blake is sitting in profile, with his proper left side facing Walker. Walker is looking at Blake and has his proper right hand on the back of the sculpture. An unidentified person is partially visible in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph is blank.
label: Description
content: 2011.149.5.9e: A color photograph of Eubie Blake sitting in a chair while being sculpted by Bobbiegita Walker. Blake is facing the camera and has hi proper right hand raised in the air. Walker is seated on a stool on the right side of the photograph. Lew Jacobs and Bov Walker are seated behind Blake. Photographer Barbara Walker is visible in the mirror on the wall in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Ragtime (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.149.5.9a-e
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Bobbiegita Walker
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (8.9 x 13.2 cm)