Contact sheet of photographs of Nat King Cole playing the piano
- Photograph by
- Workman, David, American
- Subject of
- Cole, Nat King, American, 1919 - 1965
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1930-1965
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.5 × 25.3 cm)
- Description
- A sheet of twelve black and white photos with Nat King Cole. Each photo is numbered at the top right corner in white. Image number one depicts Nat King Cole sitting down playing the piano with two men and two women behind him. The next photo to the right, number four, also depicts Nat King Cole playing piano but now with two women and one man behind him. The next photo to the right depicts a different man playing piano with two women behind him. The final photo to the right depicts a man smiling while two women sit at a table. Starting in the middle row to the far left, image two, is Nat King Cole playing the piano with two men and two women behind him almost identical to the very first photo. Moving to the right is Nat King Cole playing piano with one man and two women behind him similar to the second photo described. The next two photos to the right are nearly identical to the third and fourth photos described in the top row. In the last row starting to the far left the first three images are nearly identical to the original three photos described in the first row. The last photo in the bottom row depicts a man sitting at a table in between two women. The back of the sheet there is a stamp that reads "David Workman/ Photography/ 146 West 47th St., N.Y.C."
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- contact sheets
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.191.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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