Gelatin silver print of Fats Navarro and friend
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Navarro, Theodore "Fats" Jr., American, 1923 - 1950
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1940-1950
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 4 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (12.4 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (Image): 4 1/16 × 3 in. (10.3 × 7.6 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Fats Navarro and a friend.
- Fats Navarro is on the proper left side. He has a mustache and is wearing a coat open over a lighter colored suit jacket, a white button down shirt, and a tie. He is holding a trumpet in a soft case in his proper left arm. He is looking at his friend to the proper right side. The unidentified man has his eyes closed and has a mustache and soul patch. He is wearing a dark coat over a plaid button down shirt. They are standing in front of a brick building. Only an "S" can be seen on the sign overhead.
- On the back of the photo, in pencil, is the handwritten inscription ["FATS" NAVARRO - W/ TRUMPET / b. 1923 - d. 1950].
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.38.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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