Plaque awarded to Dizzy Gillespie: Museum Object and Cultural History
Plaque awarded to Dizzy Gillespie: Date: 1974. Issued by: DownBeat Magazine, established 1934. Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993.
The object in the museum catalogue
An award plaque issued to Dizzy Gillespie by Downbeat Magazine. Wooden plaque with metal (silver) center plaque with [down / beat] logo in top left corner, with [WEATHER / REPORT] in top right corner, and [1974 / JAZZ CRITICS / POLL] on left, and [DIZZY GILLESPIE / TRUMPET] on right, with a black-and-white depiction of Dizzy Gillespie in profile, carrying a trumpet with upturned bell in his proper left hand and his proper right hand raised in the air. The reverse is backed in green felt and has two centered holes (top and left) for hanging.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1974
- Issued by: DownBeat Magazine, established 1934
- Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
- Type: plaques
- Medium: wood, metal, felt, adhesive
- Dimensions: 14 1/4 × 12 1/8 × 9/16 in. (36.2 × 30.8 × 1.4 cm)
- Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Mass media
- Object number: 2014.3.15
- 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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