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  • Miles Davis - Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. - 1970

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991
    Date
    1970
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5604pixels × 9079pixels
    Description
    This image depicts the musician Miles Davis playing the trumpet. This close up shows Davis from chest upwards. Head bent, trumpet to his lips, Davis grasps the instrument with both hands. He wears a light colored long sleeved shirt.
    Place depicted
    Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    Jazz (Music)
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.30
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5dbdfd0ff-4b52-4882-a8e5-62aab70cd1f2
  • Miles Davis - Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. - 1970

    Photograph by
    Robert Houston, American, born 1935
    Subject of
    Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991
    Date
    1970
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    H x W: 5604pixels × 9079pixels
    Description
    This image depicts musician Miles Davis playing the trumpet. Viewed from the shoulders up, and his eyes are cast downward. His hands are visible as he holds his instrument to his lips. He wears a light colored shirt with a scarf around his neck. A microphone is visible at the extreme right of the image.
    Place depicted
    Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog
    Topic
    Jazz (Music)
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
    Object number
    2014.116.31
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Robert Houston
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56f6ce284-f3ba-4c38-ba38-385e62074cfb
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