- Photograph by
- Calvert Studio, American
- Subject of
- Basie, Count, American, 1904 - 1984
- Date
- ca. 1942
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 3 1/2 in. (11.3 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 4 15/16 × 4 1/16 in. (12.6 × 10.3 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Count Basie against a light colored background. He is depicted in three quarters profile, from the chest up, with his face turned towards the viewer. He has short hair that has been smoothed back from his face, a small mustache, and is wearing a slight smile. He is wearing a tuxedo with a black bow tie. The photographer's mark is printed in the negative in the bottom right corner, [Calvert / Chicago]. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
- Place made
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.65
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




