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    		• Powers, Elizabeth C.,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Ethnic -- African American
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Jazz Musicians, Trumpeter and Bass Player, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Powers, Elizabeth C., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Jazz Musicians, Trumpeter and Bass Player, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1963-1964. Dedicated April 24, 1964.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze, green-brown patina.
    Dimensions: 
    Trumpeter: approx. H. 10 ft.; Base Player: approx. H. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On boot of bass player:) PC (On bass:) 7 1/2
    Description: 
    Two standing figures of musicians in relief installed on the wall of a building. The shorter of the two is playing a standing bass. The taller figure plays a trumpet. They wear festive clothing and large boots. Figures may be African American.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Bass
    Performing Arts -- Music -- Trumpet
    Ethnic -- African American
    Object Type: 
    Architectural component
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Art Department, 1000 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106
    Located Eight-Eleven Garage, 811 Main Street, Kansas City Missouri
    Provenance: 
    Commissioned by Kemper, James M., Sr., ca. 1963.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by James M. Kemper Sr. in honor of his son Lt. David Woods Kemper who was killed in action in Italy during World War II. The sculpture was cast in Florence, Italy using the lost wax process. IAS files contain a copy of a small booklet titled "Kansas City Jazz in Florence" describing the casting process for the Trumpeter and Base Player in the "Jazz Musicians" relief created for Commerce Bancshares and Kansas City by Elizabeth C. Powers. IAS files also contain a Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO), April 23, 1964 newspaper article describing the casting process, the artist's research on local jazz musicians, and the upcoming dedication ceremony the next day.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
    Commerce Bankshares, Inc., 2017.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS MO000185
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