Booker Pittman

Description:

White on black lithograph of American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, Booker Pittman (1909-1969). The portrait is of Booker playing a saxophone. The print is marked:

[in script, top left]

BOOKER PITTMAN

[in script]

Charles Delaunay
35

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.

Date Made: 1939

Depicted: Pitman, BookerMaker: Delaunay, Charles

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France

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Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Chris Gillis

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2001.0182.13Accession Number: 2001.0182Catalog Number: 2001.0182.13

Object Name: print

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 44 cm x 29.5 cm; 17 5/16 in x 11 5/8 inoverall: 17 5/16 in x 11 5/8 in; 43.97375 cm x 29.5275 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5a55-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1200797

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