<i>Duke Ellington</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1939
name: label: depicted
content: Ellington, Duke
label: maker
content: Delaunay, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: <p>White on black lithograph of American composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974). The print is mounted on a cardboard backing. No signature or number/year on print. The lithograph is marked:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[printed]</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ELLINGTON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[in script]</p>
label: Description
content: <p>DUKE ELLINGTON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This print is from a set of 15 lithographs of jazz musicians by Charles Delauney, entitled <i>Hot Iconography,</i> first printed in 1939.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Charles Delaunay (1911–1988) was a French author and jazz expert. Delaunay was the co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France, a French organization of jazz fans dedicated to the promotion of "traditional" jazz, swing, and blues. In 1931, the Jazz Club Universitaire was founded, and later became the Hot Club de France in 1932.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Art
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Chris Gillis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0182.04
label: accession number
content: 2001.0182
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0182.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44.2 cm x 29 cm; 17 3/8 in x 11 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/8 in x 11 1/2 in; 43.4975 cm x 29.21 cm