Bust of Charlie Parker
date: label: date made
content: 1990
name: label: depicted
content: Parker, Charlie
label: maker
content: Dwight, Ed
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This bust of American composer and saxophonist Charles "Charlie" Parker, Jr. (1920 - 1955) was made by Ed Dwight in Denver, Colorado in 1990. Made of cast bronze, the sculpture depicts Parker’s head, neck and hands, playing a saxophone, on a base of saxophones and a stylized keyboard.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Ed Dwight began his career as a graduate engineer, was a former United States Air Force test pilot who became the first African American to be trained as an astronaut in 1962. Following a career in real estate, computer systems engineering, and consulting, Dwight pursued art and received a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Denver in 1977. Dwight’s works include fine art sculpture, large-scale memorials and public art projects.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Colorado, Denver
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
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content: Art
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Calvin B. and Marilyn B. Gross
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0032.02
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0032.02
label: accession number
content: 1993.0032
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 21 in x 17 in; 134.62 cm x 53.34 cm x 43.18 cm