Frank Wes (Count Basie's Sax Player)

Skip to main content
Frank Wes (Count Basie's Sax Player)
Frank Wes (Count Basie's Sax Player)
Artist/Maker (American, 1932 – 2022)
Date1960
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 13 in. (22.9 × 33 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2021.12.280
Not on view
Collections

Additional Details

Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, bottom left corner (black ink stamp): "© HERB SNITZER / PHOTOGRAPHY / 617 - 497 - 0251"
Signature Recto, lower right corner (black ink): "Herb Snitzer 1960"
Verso, lkower left corner (black ink): "Herb Snitzer 1960"
Inscribed Recto, lower left corner (black ink): "Frank Wes"
Verso, bottom center (pencil): "FRANK WES - BASIE [illeg.] 1960"
Verso, top left corner (pencil): "G607"
Black Laborer, Philaldephia
Black Laborer, Philaldephia
Herb Snitzer
Date: 1955-56
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.108
Harlem, from the series "New York"
Harlem, from the series "New York"
Herb Snitzer
Date: 1959
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.128
J.J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson
Herb Snitzer
Date: 1960
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.238
Duke Ellington, Columbia Recording Studio
Duke Ellington, Columbia Recording Studio
Herb Snitzer
Date: 1961
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.237
Finger Up (Jimmy Rushing)
Finger Up (Jimmy Rushing)
Herb Snitzer
Date: 1959
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.240
Monk Playing Ping Pong
Monk Playing Ping Pong
Herb Snitzer
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.242
Cee Tee and Jack (Clark Terry and Jack Paar)
Cee Tee and Jack (Clark Terry and Jack Paar)
Herb Snitzer
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.235
Jackie, Eddie and Me (Jackie Coon, Eddie Anderson & Herb Snitzer)
Jackie, Eddie and Me (Jackie Coon, Eddie Anderson & Herb Snitzer)
Herb Snitzer
Date: c. 1997
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.239
Mae Arnett
Mae Arnett
Herb Snitzer
Date: c. 1987
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.241
Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan
Herb Snitzer
Date: c. 1985
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.244
Dee Dee Bridgewater and friend
Dee Dee Bridgewater and friend
Herb Snitzer
Date: 1989
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.236
Reflection (Leonard Bernstein)
Reflection (Leonard Bernstein)
Herb Snitzer
Date: 1962
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.243