Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is pleased to present Mood Indigo: The Legacy of Duke Ellington, which explores the relationship between jazz and twentieth-century American art.
Highlighting the exhibition is the sale of the baby grand Kramer piano on which Edward “Duke” Kennedy Ellington composed dozens of jazz classics including Mood Indigo,
Mood Indigo: The Legacy of Duke Ellington - A Look at Jazz and Improvisation in American Art
May 21 – July 30, 2004
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Artists
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- Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
- Norman Bluhm (1921-1999)
- Ilya Bolotowsky (1907-1981)
- Eldzier Cortor (1916-2015)
- Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957)
- Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
- Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
- William H. Johnson (1901-1970)
- Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
- Norman Lewis (1909-1979)
- Jan Matulka (1890-1972)
- Archibald J. Motley, Jr. (1891-1981)
- Louis Stone (1902-1984)
- Alma Thomas (1891-1978)
Press
Press Release
Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, Creole Love Call, The Mooche, In A Sentimental Mood, Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me, and Harlem. After four decades with the Ellington family, this is the first time that the piano will be on display to the general public.
In addition to the piano, paintings, works on paper, and vintage photographs by twentieth-century American artists, including Romare Bearden, Stuart Davis, Hans Hofmann, and Lee Krasner, will be on display.