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