Magazine clipping of a Dizzy Gillespie portrait: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A magazine clipping of a black-and-white portrait of Dizzy Gillespie. The portrait shows Gillespie later in life, with grey and white hair. His eyes are closed and his cheeks are puffed out with a finger held to his lip. The bottom right corner of the clipping, where a caption would likely be, has been cut away. The clipping is mounted on to a thick stock paper. No inscriptions, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: late 20th century
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
• Type: portraits
• Type: clippings
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2012.172.7.1
• 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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