Home Cooking

1935[-]40

Fred Becker captures a smoky, intimate jazz session in this 1930s print, created under the New Deal's WPA Federal Art Project to employ artists during the Great Depression. The title 'Home Cooking' is classic jazz slang for music played with soul and authenticity, usually just for the musicians themselves rather than a big audience. Notice the pianist's exaggerated, sprawling hands—they look like they're dancing across the keys—while his cool companion in the fedora leans back with a cigarette, completely lost in the groove.

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