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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Carl Kress, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]

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[ published print (The Golden Age of Jazz, Pomegranate Artbooks) ]

About this Item

Title

  • [Portrait of Carl Kress, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P., photographer

Created / Published

  • 1947.

Headings

  • -  Guitarists--1940-1950
  • -  Jazz musicians--1940-1950
  • -  Kress, Carl, 1907-1965

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1940-1950

Notes

  • -  Caption from Down Beat: Karl Cress, famed guitarist, knocks himself out in this unusual mood shot by Beat lenster Bill Gottlieb. Kress is so successful as a director on commercial radio shows and record sessions he doesn't even bother holding down a straight studio staff job
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 190
  • -  In: "Camera study of Carl Kress and his guitar," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 13 (June 18, 1947), p. 11.
  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Original negative or transparency: 1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Originals not served.
  • -  Originals Purchase; William P. Gottlieb, 1995-1997
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Repository

  • c-Music Electronic resource

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023867988

Rights Advisory

  • Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. Privacy and publicity rights protect the interests of the person(s) who may be the subject(s) of the work or intellectual creation. Users of photographs in the Gottlieb collection are responsible for clearing any privacy or publicity rights associated with the use of the images.

The following items are included in the William P. Gottlieb Collection with permission as noted:

Articles from Down Beat magazine by William Gottlieb and others, Ed Enright, Editor, Down Beat magazine, 102 North Haven Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3370.

"The Faces of Jazz," by W. Royal Stokes, Civilization, vol. 2, no. 5, September-October 1995, Civilizaton, Attn. Managing Editor, 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 303, Washington, D.C. 20003. Reproduced by permission. All rights reserved.

Credit Line: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P, photographer. Portrait of Carl Kress, New York, N.Y., ca. June. , 1947. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023867988/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P., photographer. (1947) Portrait of Carl Kress, New York, N.Y., ca. June. , 1947. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023867988/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P, photographer. Portrait of Carl Kress, New York, N.Y., ca. June. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023867988/>.