Photograph of Dizzy Gillespie holding a trumpet: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Dizzy Gillespie holding a trumpet: Date: 1980. Photograph by: Angela Cioce, Italian. Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photographic portrait of Dizzy Gillespie. He is seen in profile from his left side, from the shoulders up. He is looking down and wearing a collared shirt and jacket. A trumpet is partially visible from the bottom left corner, the mouthpiece near Gillespie's chin. Handwritten in black ink at the bottom right corner is the photographer’s signature and “80.” Stamped on the back of the photograph, in the bottom right corner, with purple ink is “ANGELA CIOCE.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1980
- Photograph by: Angela Cioce, Italian
- Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in. (30 × 21.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.3.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Angela Cioce Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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