Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded to Ella Fitzgerald

Description:

Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award presented to jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald in 1979. Playwright Tennesse Williams, choreographer Martha Graham, and composer Aaron Copland were fellow recipients that year.

Presentation Date: 1979

Recipient: Fitzgerald, EllaPresenter: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Subject: Awards and Prizes

Subject:

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment, Music & Musical Instruments, Popular Entertainment, Jazz

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Credit Line: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1996.0342.048Accession Number: 1996.0342Catalog Number: 1996.0342.048

Object Name: award

Physical Description: brass (overall material)ribbon (overall material)glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 1/2 in x 15 1/4 in x 21 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 38.735 cm x 53.975 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-cfad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1028001

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