Folk Music Concert with Oscar Brand, New York City

c. 1959

John Cohen

Associated Names
John Cohen

Artist, American, 1932 - 2019

This is a photograph of a stage performance viewed by an audience. The image captures a theater setting from a unique angle, which includes a wooden stage floor coming diagonally from the lower left to the upper right of the photo. On the stage, two figures stand near a microphone. Toward the right side of the image, an audience is seated, partially shadowed, creating a contrast with the illuminated stage. The image is in black and white. On the left side, posters are visible along the bottom edge of the stage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 34 × 23 cm (13 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4583

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Cohen, Putnam Valley, NY; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Deborah Bell Photographs, New York), 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, vertical along right edge in graphite: "FOLKSONG" CONCERT - W. OSCAR BRAND, N.Y.C. 1959?; lower center stamped in blue ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN COHEN; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: 1997.57.4

Wikidata ID

Q64155917

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