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Joe Louis

Joe Louis
Usage Conditions Apply
Artist
Irving Penn, 16 Jun 1917 - 7 Oct 2009
Sitter
Joe Louis Barrow, 13 May 1914 - 12 Apr 1981
Date
1948
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 24.4 × 19.6 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16")
Sheet: 25.3 × 20.4 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/16")
Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Joe Louis Barrow: Male
Joe Louis Barrow: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Boxer
Joe Louis Barrow: Military and Intelligence\Army
Joe Louis Barrow: Congressional Gold Medal
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Irving Penn
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© 1948 [renewed 1976] The Condé Nast Publications, Inc.
Object number
NPG.88.70.34
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view