Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of Biz Markie at offices of Cold Chillin' Records
August 1991
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of Biz Markie sitting at a piano at the offices of Cold Chillin' Records in New York City . Markie is pictured seated at a piano, his hands on the keys, his head and body turned sideways to face the camera. He wears a light colored jacket with a darker block of color across the back and shoulders and a black baseball cap with [BIZ / MARKIE] in white with rhinestones. He has a watch on his proper left wrist. On the back of the print, handwritten inscriptions by Bill Adler identify the subject, location, photographer and date.
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.269
