Garnet Clark: Museum Object and Cultural History
Garnet Clark: Date made: 1939. depicted: Clark, Garnet. maker: Delaunay, Charles.
The object in the museum catalogue
White on black lithograph of American jazz pianist, Garnet Clark (1917-1938). The portrait is a head profile of Clark wearing a hat. The print is marked:
This print is from a set of 15 lithographs of jazz musicians by Charles Delauney, entitled Hot Iconography, first printed in 1939.
Charles Delaunay (1911–1988) was a French author and jazz expert. Delaunay was the co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France, a French organization of jazz fans dedicated to the promotion of "traditional" jazz, swing, and blues. In 1931, the Jazz Club Universitaire was founded, and later became the Hot Club de France in 1932.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1939
- depicted: Clark, Garnet
- maker: Delaunay, Charles
- Object Name: print
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 44 cm x 29.5 cm; 17 5/16 in x 11 5/8 in
- Measurements: overall: 17 3/8 in x 11 9/16 in; 44.1325 cm x 29.36875 cm
- place made: France
- ID Number: 2001.0182.09
- accession number: 2001.0182
- catalog number: 2001.0182.09
- Credit Line: Gift of Chris Gillis
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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