Negro Folk Songs and Blues, The Death of Bessie Smith / Creation date: 1947

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Work Title: Negro Folk Songs and Blues, The Death of Bessie Smith
Creator/Culture: artist: Rose Piper (American, born 1917)
Site/Repository: Repository: Heritage Gallery (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Period/Date: Creation date: 1947
Media/Technique: oil on canvas, painting (image-making)
Legacy Media/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 63.5 x 76.2 cm (25 x 30 inches)
Subjects: Music; Jazz; Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937; Death; Female portraits
Work Record ID: 209162
Image Record ID: 905993
Digital filename: 13d001454
Classification Filing Number: 382; P665-R; 47-NFB
HART Image Order Number: 280275
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-18 11:13:07

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2552 x 3072
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 905993
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-905993/13d001454

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 905993. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-905993/13d001454. May 06, 2024.