<I>The Weary Blues</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1926; published 1945
name: label: Published by
content: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
label: Written by
content: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
label: Written by
content: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964
label: Illustrated by
content: Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican, 1904 - 1957
label: Owned by
content: Barry Greenstein, American
notes: label: Description
content: The Weary Blues hardcover book written by Langston Hughes. The front cover features a drawing of a man sitting with his head raised upward. His body faces a piano and his arms are raised above the keys. The background of the book is orange and yellow, the man and piano are in in black. Black type at the top reads: [THE WEARY BLUES]. Yellow type at the bottom reads: [By / Langston Hughes]. The interior has 109 pages of black type on off-white paper. The back cover has a stylistic image of piano keys and two boxes.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Library Collections
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barry Greenstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.304.90
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Alfred A. Knopf, Inc division of Random House
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard , plastic (cover)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 7 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 7/8 in. (19.1 × 13.7 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 7 1/2 × 10 13/16 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 27.5 × 1.7 cm)