White on black lithograph of American jazz trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971). The portrait is of a side profile of Amrstrong. The print is marked:
[printed along bottom]
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
[in script, top left]
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
[in script]
Charles Delaunay 34
This print is from a set of 15 lithographs of jazz musicians by Charles Delauney, entitled Hot Iconography, first printed in 1939.
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.
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