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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] 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

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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]

Other Title

  • 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

Alternate Title

  • 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

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)

Created / Published

  • 1947, monographic.

Headings

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

Genre

  • graphic

Notes

  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Purchase William P. Gottlieb
  • -  Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
  • -  General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at
  • -  In: "Arrangers on the cover," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 7 (Mar. 26, 1947).
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 014 (gottlieb assignment)
  • -  014 (assignment)
  • -  Museum of Modern Art (venue)
  • -  LC-GLB13-0029 DLC (stock number)
  • -  got99000029 (got)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.00291 (url)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.00292 (url)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.00293 (url)

Form

  • electronic resource
  • remote
  • nonprojected graphic
  • photonegative
  • graphic

Extent

  • 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.

Repository

  • Music Division

Access Condition

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

LC Classification

  • LC-GLB13- 0029

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. 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. United States, 1947. , Monographic. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.00291/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P. (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. United States, 1947. , Monographic. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.00291/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. 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. , Monographic. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.00291/>.