Photograph and Dinner
1964 · Etching and aquatint
Plate: 9 3/4 x 17 11/16" (24.8 x 45 cm); sheet: 21 15/16 x 29 1/2" (55.7 x 75 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Ray Brown
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37
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Ray Brown was an American jazz double bassist whose lyrical tone and harmonic sophistication defined the sound of postwar jazz. A founding member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, he performed extensively with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, establishing the bass as a solo voice in ensemble settings.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Schenley High School
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