Lady Day
Lady Day
- Description
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This linoleum print with black ink on white paper was made by Peter Bodge in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1986. It is a portrait of jazz vocalist Billie Holiday (1915-1959) entitled Lady Day. Artist's proof B.
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Peter Bodge, is a jazz drummer, art teacher, and printmaker in Massachusetts. Bodge creates linoleum prints and other works on paper. His work most often features portraits, action shots semi-abstract interpretations of such famous jazz musicians, such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Elllngton , Count Basie and John Coltrane. In 1977, Bodge created a short animated film based on the life of Charlie Parker entitled Bird Lives!:
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https://www.cambridgecollege.edu/bird-lives-film-peter-bodge
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This print was featured on the 2003 poster for the Smithsonian's Jazz Appreciation Month.
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https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/jazz-appreciation-month/jazz-appreciation-month-posters
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- date made
- 1986
- depicted
- Holiday, Billie
- artist
- Bodge, Peter
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 1/2 in x 23 1/2 in; x 52.07 cm x 59.69 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0025.01
- catalog number
- 1989.0025.01
- accession number
- 1989.0025
- Credit Line
- Gift of Peter Bodge
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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