Bronze Mold of Phyllis Diller’s Hand
notes: label: Description
content: This statue is a bronze mold of Phyllis Diller’s right hand. The hand is outstretched as if to play the piano. Diller, while known for her stand-up comedy, was also an accomplished pianist. After graduating high school, Diller studied piano for three years at the Sherwood Conservatory of Music (at Columbia College Chicago), but eventually decided against a career in music. From 1971 to 1982 Diller performed with over 100 symphony orchestras across the United States and Canada in a show called <i>The Symphonic Phyllis Diller</i>. During these performances she would seriously perform pieces by Beethoven, Bach, and others as a solo pianist with an orchestra while integrating comedic elements.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Humor
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content: Comedians
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content: Music
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Phyllis Diller
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Phyllis Diller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0289.17
label: accession number
content: 2003.0289
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0289.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
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content: acrylic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 10 in x 7 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 25.4 cm x 19.05 cm