<I>Art Blakey, 1980</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Photograph by
content: David D. Spitzer, American
label: Subject of
content: Art Blakey, American, 1919 - 1990
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician and bandleader Art Blakey playing drums during a 1980 performance. Blakey is photographed in left-profile through his drumkit, with a cymbal partly obscuring his face. His eyes are closed and he wears a striped dress shirt and dark tie.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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 David D. Spitzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.164.137
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © David D. Spitzer
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 (Image): 13 3/4 x 10 3/16 in. (34.9 x 25.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 x 11 in. (35.2 x 28 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)