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1930

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1935

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2017

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Sheet Music, It Happened in Monterey, for the Motion Picture King of Jazz

This is a Sheet music. It was written by Billy Rose and music composed by Mabel Wayne and published by Leo Feist.

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 and Archives as part of Esperanza Spalding Selects.

It is dated ca. 1930. Its medium is lithograph on paper.

It is credited Collection of Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt, M1630.2.W39 I8 1930.

  • Sheet Music, Solitude
  • lithograph on paper.
  • Collection of Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt, M1366.E44 S65 1934.
  • 89.2016.13
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  • Sidewall (France)
  • block printed on handmade paper.
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1931-45-57-a,b

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

  • Sidewall (USA)
  • machine printed on paper.
  • Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz.
  • 1991-89-160

Its dimensions are

31 × 23.5 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/4 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.

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