Bust of Dizzy Gillespie
date: label: date made
content: 1990
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Gillespie, Dizzy
label: maker
content: Dwight, Ed
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This bust of American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917–1993) was made by Ed Dwight in Denver, Colorado in 1990. Made of cast bronze, the sculpture depicts Gillespie’s head, neck and hands, playing a trumpet, on a base made of dark stone.</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
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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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: 1993.0582.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0582
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0582.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 3/4 in x 14 in x 31 in; 70.485 cm x 35.56 cm x 78.74 cm