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Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday

Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday

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Artist: Edward Sorel, born 1929
Sitter: Maya Angelou, 4 Apr 1928 - 28 May 2014; Billie Holiday, 7 Apr 1915 - 17 Jul 1959

Date: 1990

Type: Drawing

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")

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: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist; Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Television actor; Maya Angelou: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer; Maya Angelou: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Autobiographer; Maya Angelou: Literature\Writer\Memoirist; Maya Angelou: Grammy; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Edward & Nancy Sorel © Edward Sorel

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: S/NPG.94.31

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

Location: Currently not on view

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