silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in. (22.6 × 18.5 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Place captured:
Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1930s - 1950s; printed later
Description:
A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway wearing a light colored tuxedo with tail coat. Calloway is posed standing in front of a spotlight, his knees bent, his arms held out from his sides with index fingers pointing, and his head turned slightly to his proper right, smiling widely. The spotlight casts a bright arc against the dark background and Calloway's shadow is behind and to the left of him. A photographer's signature is in the bottom left part of the image: [C (illegible) / la Habana]. At the bottom right corner of the print is printed: [MOSS PHOTO, N.Y.].
