Gjon Mili
Singer Mildred Bailey and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Esquire Jam Session

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Artist Gjon Mili American, born Albania, 1904–1984

CultureAmerican

Titles

Singer Mildred Bailey and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Esquire Jam Session

Date1944

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 5/16 × 10 1/2 in. (33.8 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 1/2 in. (33.8 × 26.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jordan Finn

Object number2015.594

Non exposé

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Jordan Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso upper right in ink: Louis Armstrong; center right: 14342; lower right: Mili; center in pencil reading vertically: 6 / Esquire Jam; bottom edge center: PF88818; bottom right: 444

verso lower left a stamp: © Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.; top right a printed paper sticker: TIME INC. PICTURE COLLECTION / [bar code] / 001337280; upper left a printed paper label with ink additions: FILE IN: / VINTAGE PRINT FILE / PHOTOGRAPHER: Mili / FROM: / DATE: 14342; lower right an indistinct stamp: GJON MILI / 6 EAST 23RD STREET / NEW YORK, N.Y.

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