Dorothy
Dorothy
- The original painting is acrylic on maple panel
- Prints are available at size 4″x 5″ and 11″ x 14″ on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged with PH neutral mat board backing.
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Prints
Lil’ Red
Lil’ Red
- The original painting is acrylic on maple panel
- Prints are available at size 4″x 5″ and 11″ x 14″ on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged with PH neutral mat board backing.
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Louis Armstrong
King
Louis Armstrong
Perhaps the single most important player of the 20th Century. Duke Ellington was once asked, what he wanted in a band, he replied, “22 Louis Armstrongs”.
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.
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Fats Waller
King
Fats Waller
Piano player, jazz singer & comedic entertainer. He invented the short film genre which we now know as the music video. Bravely, he gently commented on race relations with songs like “What Did I Do, To Be So Black & Blue.”
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.
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Duke Ellington
King
Duke Ellington
The finest musician and composer America has ever produced!
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.
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Cab Calloway
King
Cab Calloway
The consummate entertainer, from the Cotton Club to Hollywood, with a career spanning 65 years, his energetic & original style influenced every phase of American music from Swing to the hardest R&R.
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.
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Ma Rainey
Queen
Ma Rainey
The mother of the Blues. Went from showboats on the Mississippi to world fame. She appears on her own postage stamp.
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.
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Ethel Waters
Queen
Ethel Waters
Began as a blues and jazz singer and found fame on Broadway. She was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award and the first to star in her own television show.
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.
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Billie Holiday
Queen
Billie Holiday
Known as ‘Lady Day’, she went from a childhood playing piano in brothels to national acclaim. Her unique vocal style became the template for jazz phrasing and improvisation.
An early voice for civil rights, she was persecuted by J. Edgar Hoover until the day she died.
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.
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Bessie Smith
Queen
Bessie Smith
Teenage protégée of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith stepped onto the national stage in the 1920’s. Known as the Empress of the Blues, famously tough, she once chased the KKK away from one of her own shows with a 2×4. Some 30 years after her death, Janis Joplin bought the tombstone for her unmarked grave.
- The original painting is acrylic on black walnut panel- 5 1/2” x 7 5/8”
- Printed on acid free paper with archival inks
- Packaged in 5”x 7” Crystal clear, resealable polyethylene collector’s bags with
PH neutral mat board backing.