Art Institute of Chicago

Hugh Masekela Playing on a Trumpet Provided by Satchmo

1954, printed 1956

Type: photography
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 17 × 25 cm (6 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.); paper: 21.5 × 27.1 cm (8 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit: Purchased with funds provided by Elena Urschel

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