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Herb Snitzer

Miles Davis, Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1990,

Description

Maker

  • Palm Press, Inc.
  • Herb Snitzer

Title

Miles Davis, Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1990

Medium

gelatin silver print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • gelatin silver print

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 26.5 x 38.6 cm (10 7/16 x 15 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto: signed and dated in ink by artist, lower RC below image.Verso: in graphite, lower RC: "33/75"

Identification

Edition

33/75

Type

  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of Donald and Jeanne Stanton

Object Number

2015.132.2.10

About

Miles Davis, Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1990
from the portfolio "Such Sweet Thunder"

33/75

Recto: signed and dated in ink by artist, lower RC below image.Verso: in graphite, lower RC: "33/75"

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Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Miles Davis, Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1990 with the accession number of 2015.132.2.10. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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