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Memphis Minnie

Memphis Minnie was an American singer-songwriter, street artist, composer, singer, guitarist and musician (1897–1973). She was born at Louisiana and died at Memphis.

Also recorded as Minnie Douglas.

Overview

Born at Louisiana in 1897, died at Memphis in 1973.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1920 to 1967.

Killer diller blues. Drawing #402, dated 1967, acrylic, with gold metallic paint, touches of oil paint, black fiber-tipped pen and red colored pencil, over graphite, varnished with gel-medium, on off-white wove card, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1982.119. Drawing #114, dated 1962, oil pastel and colored pencils, with pen and black ink and touches of acrylic paint, over graphite, selectively varnished with gel-medium, on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1982.120. Panel from a Curtain, dated 1920/25, cotton, plain weave; roller printed, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1999.528. Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, Chalice Veil, Burse, dated 1934, silk, satin damask weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and ground wefts; embroidered with silk in satin and padded satin stitches; laid work and couching, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1976.133a-e.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Memphis Minnie, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Memphis Minnie, African American Studies Center, 2006. Memphis Minnie, African American Studies Center, 2013. Memphis Minnie, African American Studies Center, 1999. Memphis Minnie (1897-1973), blues singer and guitarist, American National Biography Online, 2000.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (74038299). Those registers additionally record the forms Memphis Minnie, 1897-1973, Memphis Minnie American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Memphis Minnie Lawlars, Memphis Minnie McCoy, 1896-1973, Memphis Minnie Lawlers and Memphis Minnie McCoy.

In detail

The field of work recorded is music composing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are blues.

Chronology

  1. 1897Memphis Minnie born at Louisiana.
  2. 1920Panel from a Curtain (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 1934Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, Chalice Veil, Burse (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  4. 1962Drawing #114 (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1967Drawing #402 (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1973Memphis Minnie died at Memphis.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Memphis Minnie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q464728: Memphis Minnie

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