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Color photograph of Eubie Blake and artist Bob Walker during a modeling session

1981

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color snapshot taken during Eubie Blake's modeling sessions for the portrait bust by Bobbiegita Walker. This image depicts the artist working on the sculpture in the foreground as Blake sits with the publicist Phoebe Jacobs in the background.

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Catalog reference: 2011.128.3.3

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