Coltrane and Elvin, New York

Roy DeCarava (1919-2009)

Date

1960, printed 1982
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 10 x 12 15/16 in.
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. signed and dated in ink: © DeCarava 1982
Verso:
l.r. in graphite: Coltrane & Elvin \ © # 340
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1991.13.2
Copyright

© Sherry Turner DeCarava

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