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Depicted:
Roach, Max  Search this
Artist:
Bodge, Peter  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 60.8 cm x 46 cm; 23 15/16 in x 18 1/8 in
Object Name:
print
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
Printing date:
1986
Description:
<p>This linoleum print with black ink on white paper was made by Peter Bodge in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1986. It is a portrait of American jazz drummer and composer Maxwell Lemuel Roach (1924–2007) entitled <i>The Master.</i> Print 1/10.</p>
<p>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 </i>Bird Lives!</i>:</p>
<p>https://www.cambridgecollege.edu/bird-lives-film-peter-bodge</p>
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Peter Bodge
ID Number:
2003.0359.03
Accession number:
2003.0359
Catalog number:
2003.0359.03
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Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-5799-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1255583