Vertical book page featuring outline of a white oval surrounded by eight capsules on black background. The oval and surrounding shapes are filled with multicolored dots. Dots are red, orange, yellow, periwinkle, pink, white, tan, and brown. There are seven different colored dots in each of the capsules. Each capsule is slightly curved to follow the shape of the oval, three dots on the inner edge and four on the outer edge. Inside the oval, the dots form a straight line through the center and two concentric ovals. The colors of the dots in the ovals are mirrored on either side of the center line. Written in white text at top center, Figure 89 and at top right corner, PL. 38.

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Sheet Music, Sugar Blues

This is a Sheet music.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries as part of Esperanza Spalding Selects.

It is dated 1949. Its medium is lithograph on paper.

It is credited Collection of Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt, M1630.2.W55 S84 1949.

Shopping Bag, Unknown: Musical Notes and Keyboard

Shopping Bag, Unknown: Musical Notes and Keyboard
paper; incised handles..
Gift of Caitlin Fraser James.
1997-17-21

Poster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Moonlight Serenade

Poster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Moonlight Serenade
offset lithograph on paper.
1984-23-1

A black and white cover of a music sheet titled Solitude with a hovering smiling head of Duke Ellington in the center. His face is surrounded by faceless Jazz musicians. Each musician plays an instrument: piano, bass, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, and drums. There are floating notes around the musicians.

Sheet Music, Solitude
lithograph on paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt, M1366.E44 S65 1934.
89.2016.13

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Its dimensions are

30 × 23.4 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Esperanza Spalding Selects.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2FYvJk/
Accession Number 89.2016.11
Object ID 1108726395