overall: 17 1/4 in x 11 9/16 in; 43.815 cm x 29.36875 cm
Object Name:
print
Place made:
France
Date made:
1939
Description:
<p>White on black lithograph of American jazz pianist, Joe Turner (1907-1990). The portrait features the head and hands of Turner as he would be seated at a piano. The print is marked:</p>
<p>[in script, top left]</p>
<p>JOE TURNER </p>
<p> [in script]</p>
<p>Charles Delaunay<br>35</p>
<p>This print is from a set of 15 lithographs of jazz musicians by Charles Delauney, entitled <i>Hot Iconography,</i> first printed in 1939.</p>
<p>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.</p>