Photographic print of Dizzy Gillespie seated next to an open instrument case
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
- Description
- This black and white photograph depicts Dizzy Gillespie seated next to an open instrument case with his proper right hand resting palm-up on his proper right knee; his proper left hand holds a trumpet still on his proper left knee. Gillespie looks off camera to the right of the frame; he wears a heavy medallion on a chain around his neck and thick-rimmed, rectangular framed glasses. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the numbers: [57], [731], and a photographer's stamp.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
- ca. 1969
- Object number
- 2014.302.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 16 3/8 × 13 in. (41.6 × 33 cm)
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Black Press
- Composers (Musicians)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.302.7
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5636e92b2-993b-4df0-966f-fcfac81123d3
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