Photographic print of Dizzy Gillespie with Maurice Andre: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Dizzy Gillespie with Maurice Andre: Date: October 1980. Created by: Gerard Loucel, French. Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Dizzy Gillespie (left) and Maurice Andre (right), both playing trumpets during a rehersal of the French television show "Le Grand Échiquier." A partial inscription and signature is in the bottom right corner, in white.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 1980
- Created by: Gerard Loucel, French
- Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
- Subject of: Maurice Andre, French, 1933 - 2012
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
- Place depicted: France, Europe
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Television
- Object number: 2012.172.7.2
- 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: © Gerard Loucel Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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