Berenice Abbott

Buddy Gilmore, Paris
c. 1926–1927

A black and white photograph of a smiling man playing the drums. He is wearing a suit and holding drumsticks mid-air, with a bass drum and a cymbal visible in front of him. The image captures the energy and joy of the drummer in performance.

A black and white photograph of a smiling man playing the drums. He is wearing a suit and holding drumsticks mid-air, with a bass drum and a cymbal visible in front of him. The image captures the energy and joy of the drummer in performance.

Not on view

Date
c. 1926–1927

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Platinum print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 9 5/8in. (27.5 × 24.4 cm) Image: 8 1/16 × 5 3/4in. (20.5 × 14.6 cm)

Accession number
2001.36

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
©Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics

API
artworks/13530

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Berenice Abbott
5 works in the collection

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