Sid Grossman
Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy

© Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
ArtistAmerican, 1913–1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Big Bill Broonzy
  • from the series Folksingers
Date1946–1948
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 9/16 × 10 3/8 in. (31.9 × 26.4 cm)
Sheet: 12 9/16 × 10 3/8 in. (31.9 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Len Kowitz
Object number81.16
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMiriam Grossman Cohen; purchased by MFAH, 1981.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Progue, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C. for "The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," from Aug. 1 to Sep. 30, 1989 (LN:89.10).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left in pencil " FOLKSINGERS I / 15.6 A "
upper left in pencil " ' Big ' Bill Broomzy "
verso center of sheet a personalized stamp referencing reproduction restrictions and credit lines

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