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
Date
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
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Black Press
Composers (Musicians)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Jazz (Music)
Photography
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.302.7