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

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
design drawings
Medium
graphite, watercolor, and pigment on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 13 5/8 × 11 in. (34.6 × 27.9 cm)
See more items in
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
Design
Jazz (Music)
Musical Theatre
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.128.20
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d74939d9-a040-48b1-8763-f9837b2134da

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