Object Details
- Artist
- Russell Hoban, 4 Feb 1925 - 13 Dec 2011
- Sitter
- Joan Baez, born 9 Jan 1941
- Exhibition Label
- Born Staten Island, New York
- Known as “the queen of the folk singers” during the heyday of hootenannies—folk music’s version of a jam session—Joan Baez had what a 1962 Time cover story called a voice “as clear as air in the autumn, a vibrant, strong, untrained, and thrilling soprano.” She played the coffeehouse circuit before causing a sensation at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, and she soon became associated with such legendary folk groups as the Weavers and the Seeger family. Her first album of English and American ballads was a huge success and included her soon-to-be- classic renditions of “Barbara Allen” and “All My Trials.” By the mid-1960s Baez was associated with various political causes, most prominently the antiwar and civil rights movements.
- Collection Description
- In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.
- En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
- 1962
- Object number
- NPG.78.TC215
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Russell Hoban
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Casein on board
- Dimensions
- Sight: 73.7 x 52.1cm (29 x 20 1/2")
- Frame: 86.4 x 64.8cm (34 x 25 1/2")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- NPG Mezzanine: 20th and 21st Century Americans
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair
- Interior\Domestic
- Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
- Joan Baez: Female
- Joan Baez: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Songwriter
- Joan Baez: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Guitarist
- Joan Baez: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Singer\Folk singer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.78.TC215
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46a778a46-d4a2-4132-9346-b1fcde971353
