Photograph of Billie Holiday
date: label: Date
content: 1954
name: label: Photograph by
content: Leigh Wiener, American, 1929 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Billie Holliday. She is wearing drop earrings and a necklace. She is in profile, facing towards her left with a cigarette pressed between her lips as she leans forward so it can be lit. On the left side of the photo, there is a pair of man's hands holding a book of matches prepared to light the cigarette. Part of the background appears to be painted in with dark paint. On the back of the photo are inscriptions providing the photographer, subject, location and date as well as a stamp for The Witkin Gallery.
place: label: Place captured
content: Berlin, Germany, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.118.201.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 7410 Inc, The Estate of Leigh Wiener
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18.5 × 24 cm)