Costume drawing by Judy Dearing for Satchmo: America's Musical Legend

Object Details

Created by

Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995

Description

A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for an unidentified male character in the musical Satchmo: America's Musical Legend. The drawing depicts a standing man with a mustache wearing a brown fedora hat with a dark brown hat band, a brown plaid three-piece suit, a white dress shirt, a maroon tie with green polka dots, and dark brown wingtip shoes. The man and his clothing are outlined in graphite with watercolor and unidentified pigment shading. Handwritten in blue ink in the lower left facing corner is the text "Satchmo / Judy Dearing" with the lower line being Dearing's signature. The reverse is blank.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1987

Object number

2014.128.20

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Type

design drawings

Medium

graphite, watercolor, and pigment on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 5/8 × 11 in. (34.6 × 27.9 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Art

Costume

Costume design

Jazz (Music)

Musical Theatre

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.128.20

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

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GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d74939d9-a040-48b1-8763-f9837b2134da