Billie Holiday, (sculpture)
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Object Details
- sculptor
- Reid, James Earl 1942-2021
- founder
- New Arts Foundry
- Subject
- Holiday, Billie
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.
- Image on file.
- (On rear of sculpture's bronze base:) NEW ARTS FOUNDRY REID SC (copyright symbol)/1983 (On plaque on front of base:) BILLIE HOLIDAY/1915-1959/DEDICATED BY/MAYOR WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER/AND/THE CITIZENS OF BALTIMORE/APRIL 1985 signed Founder's mark appears.
- The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
- Summary
- A portrait of Billie Holiday, dressed in a strapless evening gown and wearing a gardenia in her braided hair pulled back in a bun. She stands singing, with mouth open and hands outstretched in front of her. The figure is placed atop an inscribed, stepped base.
- Culture
- African American
- 1983. Copyrighted 1983. Dedicated April 1985
- Control number
- IAS MD000241
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Figure: bronze with patina; Base: concrete
- Owner/Location
- Administered by City of Baltimore Recreation and Parks 2600 Madison Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21217
- Located Billie Holiday Plaza Corner of 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue & Lafayette Street Baltimore Maryland 21217
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Portrait female--Full length
- Ethnic
- Performing Arts--Music--Voice
- Performing Arts--Music--Jazz
- Performing Arts--Music--Blues
- Object--Flower--Gardenia
- Record ID
- siris_ari_329717
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply