Frank Wes (Count Basie's Sax Player)

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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
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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"
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