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Miles at Home #1, NYC

1971; printed later

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Black and white inkjet print of Miles Davis standing in his open closet. He stands above and left of the center wearing leather pants, billowy black peasant blouse with a patterned scarf. His PL hand rests on his PL hip, elbow akimbo. He leans on his PL leg. He stands among his clothes, guitar straps, platform shoes, and studded jeans. Behind him are rows of clothes and shoes on hangers and shelves respectively. In the upper left corner is the ceiling with severe stucco texture in stiff peaks. On either side of the upper half are wood panels. In the lower fourth of the image is carpet. The image is bordered in a narrow black line on a white background. Below the lower left corner of the image is the image title and date in hand-written text in black ink [Miles at Home #1 NYC 1971 AP].

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Catalog reference: 2014.157.3

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