Exhibitions Home | Current | Upcoming | Past | Virtual

Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy

July 26, 1996 - December 1, 1996

Museum: Portrait Gallery

Location: First Floor

Some 150 paintings, prints, musical instruments, photographs, clips, and memorabilia create a portrait of the 50-year career of this musician. The exhibition includes art by Stuart Davis, Romare Beardon, and Jacob Lawrence; photographs by Annie Leibovitz, Lisette Model, Garry Winograd, Gordon Parks, Irvin Penn, Phillipe Halsman, and Weegee; and radio and television broadcasts of Armstrong performing with Frank Sinatra, Velma Middleton, Dizzy Gillespie, Bing Crosby, and Barbara Streisand.

This exhibition was organized by SITES.
Free brochure
Catalogue: $50 (cloth), $29.95 (paper)

Online Exhibition