- Photograph by
- Spitzer, David D., American
- Subject of
- Mitchell, Roscoe, American, born 1940
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 3/4 x 9 5/16 in. (35 x 23.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (35.3 x 25.3 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician and composer Roscoe Mitchell playing soprano saxaphone at a performance in Miami, FL. Mitchell is photographed from the knees up in left-profile. He is bent over his instrument slightly and wears a white shirt, light colored pants and a bandana around his forehead.
- Place captured
- Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- Object number
- 2012.164.143
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David D. Spitzer
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




