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Gilbert Price photograph collection.

Title
Gilbert Price photograph collection.
Author
Price, Gilbert
Publication
[between 1960 and 1979?]

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Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Gilbert Price CollectionSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Additional Authors
  • Pachita
  • Mitchell, Jack, 1925-2013
Found In
p1pc Price, Gilbert Gilbert Price collection, 1965-1991 (OCoLC)79408758
Description
  • 22 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
  • 18 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
  • 4 photographic prints : color ;
Summary
Studio portraits, informal posed portraits, and candid shots of singer and actor Gilbert Price from the 1960s to 1970s, consisting of head shot to three-quarter length studio portraits, probably used for publicity purposes; outdoor portraits of Price playing the flute; and views of Price teaching the English class of his friend Warren Allen Smith at New Canaan, Connecticut, High School (1974). Price's personal life and theatrical performances are not depicted.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1960-1979.
  • Publicity photographs – 1960-1979.
  • Snapshots – 1960-1979.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1979.
  • Dye coupler prints – 1960-1969.
Note
  • Title taken from the Gilbert Price Collection.
  • Two photographs bear photographer's signature on verso; one item bears photographer's name printed on recto. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso; some items used for publicity purposes bear printed captions on recto. Many items are duplicates.
  • Collection contains work by Bárbara Guerrero and Jack Mitchell.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder are required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  • Gilbert Price, 1942-1991, was a New York City born and raised African American baritone and actor, who first received critical notice for his Off-Broadway perfromance in Langston Hughes's "Jerico-Jim Crow" (1964). During his Broadway career he received four Tony Award nominations for "Lost in the Stars" (1972), "The Night That Made America Famous" (1975), "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" (1976), and "Timbuktu!" (1978). Price died in Vienna, Austria, in 1991.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Gilbert Price Collection, 1965-1991.
Call Number
Sc Photo Gilbert Price Collection
OCLC
1066247563
Author
Price, Gilbert, collector.
Title
Gilbert Price photograph collection.
Production
[between 1960 and 1979?]
Type of Content
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Terms Of Use
Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder are required for duplication.
Biography
Gilbert Price, 1942-1991, was a New York City born and raised African American baritone and actor, who first received critical notice for his Off-Broadway perfromance in Langston Hughes's "Jerico-Jim Crow" (1964). During his Broadway career he received four Tony Award nominations for "Lost in the Stars" (1972), "The Night That Made America Famous" (1975), "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" (1976), and "Timbuktu!" (1978). Price died in Vienna, Austria, in 1991.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Gilbert Price Collection, 1965-1991.
Local Note
Sc MG 403
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Added Author
Pachita, photographer.
Mitchell, Jack, 1925-2013, photographer.
Found In:
p1pc Price, Gilbert Gilbert Price collection, 1965-1991 (OCoLC)79408758
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Gilbert Price Collection
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