Louis and Billie

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Louis and Billie

Context

Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday.

Collection

Artwork Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection, Center Street Library Collection, City of Milwaukee/Milwaukee Arts Board Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1990.2

Source or Donor

Milwaukee Arts Board

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Vincent A. Gillam

Date made

1989

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

20 in

Width

24 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Freewheelers

Related Publications

Notes

Materials pertaining to the artist are available in the Freewheelers Collection (Local History Manuscript Collection 378): https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0378. Extensive selections from the Freewheelers Collection are digitized as part of the Milwaukee Black Arts Movement digital collection: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/MkeBAM/.