Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday
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Object Details
- Date
- 1990
- Artist
- Edward Sorel, born 1929
- Sitter
- Maya Angelou, 4 Apr 1928 - 28 May 2014
- Billie Holiday, 7 Apr 1915 - 17 Jul 1959
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry\Earring
- Costume\Jewelry\Necklace\Pearl
- Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass
- Caricature
- Equipment\Culinary Equipment\Kitchen utensil
- Costume\Headgear\Turban
- Nature & Environment\Vegetable
- Interior\Kitchen
- Billie Holiday: Female
- Billie Holiday: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Jazz singer
- Maya Angelou: Female
- Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer
- Maya Angelou: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor
- Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Poet
- Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Stage actor
- Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer
- Maya Angelou: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist
- Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Television actor
- Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer
- Maya Angelou: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Autobiographer
- Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Memoirist
- Maya Angelou: Performing arts awards\Grammy
- Portrait
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Edward & Nancy Sorel © Edward Sorel
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Object number
- S/NPG.94.31
- Type
- Drawing
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Ink and watercolor on illustration board
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 29.3cm x 40cm (11 9/16" x 15 3/4")
- Mount: 34.5cm x 44.5cm (13 9/16" x 17 1/2")
- Metadata Usage
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.94.31