Dizzy Gillespie

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Object Details

Artist

Yousuf Karsh, 23 Dec 1908 - 13 Jul 2002

Sitter

Dizzy Gillespie, 21 Oct 1917 - 6 Jan 1993

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh

Date

1990

Object number

NPG.2012.77.35

Restrictions & Rights

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Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 27.9 × 21.5 cm (11 × 8 7/16")

Sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8")

Mount: 35.5 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11")

Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Music\Musical instrument\Trumpet

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