Sidney Bechet

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Object Details

Artist

Arthur Leipzig, 25 Oct 1918 - 5 Dec 2014

Sitter

Sidney Bechet, 14 May 1897 - 14 May 1959

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1945

Object number

NPG.93.11

Restrictions & Rights

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Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 19.1 x 23.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/8")

Sheet: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Music\Musical instrument\Saxophone

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