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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947]

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About this Item

Title

  • [Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947]

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P., photographer

Created / Published

  • 1947.

Headings

  • -  Composers--1940-1950
  • -  Jazz musicians--1940-1950
  • -  Burns, Ralph
  • -  Finckel, Edwin A
  • -  Handy, George
  • -  Hefti, Neal
  • -  Richards, Johnny
  • -  Sauter, Eddie
  • -  Museum of Modern Art

Genre

  • Group portraits--1940-1950
  • Portrait photographs--1940-1950

Notes

  • -  Caption from Down Beat: Taking six arrangers of the modern school to the Museum of Art to pose with pieces by Picasso and Henry Moore seemed like a great idea to staff lensman Bill Gottlieb. Ralph Burns, Eddie Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter obliged, then the trouble started. For details, read the story by Gottlieb on page 2
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 014
  • -  In: "Arrangers on the cover," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 7 (Mar. 26, 1947).
  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Original negative or transparency: 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Originals not served.
  • -  Originals Purchase; William P. Gottlieb, 1995-1997
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Repository

  • c-Music Electronic resource

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023867424

Rights Advisory

  • Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply.

Online Format

  • image
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Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. Privacy and publicity rights protect the interests of the person(s) who may be the subject(s) of the work or intellectual creation. Users of photographs in the Gottlieb collection are responsible for clearing any privacy or publicity rights associated with the use of the images.

The following items are included in the William P. Gottlieb Collection with permission as noted:

Articles from Down Beat magazine by William Gottlieb and others, Ed Enright, Editor, Down Beat magazine, 102 North Haven Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3370.

"The Faces of Jazz," by W. Royal Stokes, Civilization, vol. 2, no. 5, September-October 1995, Civilizaton, Attn. Managing Editor, 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 303, Washington, D.C. 20003. Reproduced by permission. All rights reserved.

Credit Line: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P, photographer. Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. , 1947. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023867424/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P., photographer. (1947) Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. , 1947. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023867424/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P, photographer. Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023867424/>.