Betty Carter, jazz vocalist

Barboza, Anthony (1944-)


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1976
Height:
35.6 cm  (14 in.)
Width:
28.1 cm  (11 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

    Item location

  • Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    [Museum inv. no.: 2014.157.8]

Description

Betty Carter pictured smiling, looking at the camera. She is pictured in the lower two-thirds of the image wearing a large wool coat, dark shirt, and geometric head wrap. She stands in front of a gauzy fabric background. A narrow bit of light is in the background in the right third of the image. The image has a narrow black border and is centered on a white background. Below the image is handwritten text with the title, date, and artist signature [Betty Carter - JAZZ Vocalist - '76'/A. Barboza]. On the back in the upper left quadrant is text in pencil written vertically [Betty/Carter/March 76].

People as subjects

Carter, Betty (1930-1998) (Musician portrait)

RIdIM images


© Anthony Barboza. Usage conditions apply

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5886