Poor Butterfly; Lover
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Object Details
- recording artist
- Tatum, Art
- manufacturer
- American Recording Artists
- Description
Art Tatum. side 1: Poor Butterfly; side 2: Lover (American Recording Artists 4502), from the album, Piano Impressions (American Recording Artists A-1).
78 rpm.The cover art for this album was made by American illustrator Gene Widhoff (1907-1972). Widhoff began his career as a staff artist for RKO Pictures where he created images for movie posters and theater lobby cards. He created album covers for the American Recording Artists (ARA) label. Later in his career, Widhoff worked as staff artist for NBC. Widoff received an Emmy for “Outstanding Achievement in Creative Technical Craft” in 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eula W. Wake in Memory of Harry Wake
- release date
- 1945
- ID Number
- 1981.0656.522
- maker number
- 4502
- A-1
- accession number
- 1981.0656
- catalog number
- 1981.0656.522
- Object Name
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Family & Social Life
- Jazz
- Sound Recordings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_676269
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-e2ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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