Artist
Roy DeCarava (American, 1919–2009)American, 1919–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Coltrane at the Half Note
Date1960
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 7/8 × 9 5/16 in. (32.7 × 23.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Mount: 19 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (50.2 × 40.4 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Mount: 19 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (50.2 × 40.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number76.363
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Looking at Portraits," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 15–July 10,1988.
"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,October 14–December 30, 2001.
"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," February 22–May 9, 2004.
"Houston Collects: African American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 31–October 26, 2008.
"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–August 30, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in ink, recto, bottom right corner of image: DECARAVA
[no verso inscriptions]
[no verso inscriptions]
Signed in ink, recto, bottom right corner of image: DECARAVA
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