Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded to Ella Fitzgerald

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Object Details

recipient

Fitzgerald, Ella

presenter

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Description

Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award presented to jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald in 1979. Playwright Tennesse Williams, choreographer Martha Graham, and composer Aaron Copland were fellow recipients that year.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)

presentation date

1979

ID Number

1996.0342.048

accession number

1996.0342

catalog number

1996.0342.048

Object Name

award

Physical Description

brass (overall material)

ribbon (overall material)

glass (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1 1/2 in x 15 1/4 in x 21 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 38.735 cm x 53.975 cm

place made

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Music & Musical Instruments

Popular Entertainment

Jazz

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Awards and Prizes

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-cfad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1028001