Artwork by Dick Ellescas featuring illustrated portraits of Della Reese
date: label: Date
content: circa 1970
name: label: Created by
content: Dick Ellescas, American, 1937 - 2025
label: Subject of
content: Della Reese, American, 1937 - 2017
notes: label: Description
content: Framed collage-style drawing by Richard "Dick" Ellescas featuring three images of Della Reese. The drawing is done entirely in black, gray, and white. In each image, she is pictured from the chest up, holding a microphone. The largest image is at the top right. It shows the woman with a gray streak in her black hair, her eyes closed, mouth open and hands raised. On the left, she wears a floral patterned garment, with her mouth open as if she is singing. The lowest image appears to have been done on a separate sheet of paper and overlaid with the other drawing. It shows her smiling and wearing a garment with a decorated neckline. The drawing is in a black metal frame on brown mat board with a tan border. The drawing is signed along a flower stem at lower left [dick Ellescas].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Television
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rev. Della Reese-Lett and Mr. Franklin Lett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.150.3
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with glass and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (drawing): 23 1/2 × 21 1/4 in. (59.7 × 54 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 27 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 3/4 in. (69.2 × 61.6 × 1.9 cm)