Photograph of Dizzy Gillespie holding a trumpet
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Photograph by
content: Angela Cioce, Italian
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: 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.”
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.3.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Angela Cioce
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in. (30 × 21.4 cm)