Object Details
depicted
Holiday, Billie
artist
Bodge, Peter
Description
This linoleum print with black ink on white paper was made by Peter Bodge in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1986. It is a portrait of jazz vocalist Billie Holiday (1915-1959) entitled Lady Day. Artist's proof B.
Peter Bodge is a jazz drummer, art teacher, and printmaker in Massachusetts. Bodge creates linoleum prints and other works on paper. His work most often features portraits, action shots semi-abstract interpretations of such famous jazz musicians, such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Elllngton , Count Basie and John Coltrane. In 1977, Bodge created a short animated film based on the life of Charlie Parker entitled Bird Lives!:
https://www.cambridgecollege.edu/bird-lives-film-peter-bodge
This print was featured on the 2003 poster for the Smithsonian's Jazz Appreciation Month.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/jazz-appreciation-month/jazz-appreciation-month-posters
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Peter Bodge
printing date
1986
ID Number
1989.0025.01
catalog number
1989.0025.01
accession number
1989.0025
Object Name
print
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 20 1/2 in x 23 1/2 in; x 52.07 cm x 59.69 cm
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
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Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_606972