Melvin Hale - ArtistLA - Dorothy Dandridge in Concert, c.1955

Dorothy Dandridge in Concert

c.1955

Color composition from B&W Photo

Digital painting of an intimate performance by Dorothy Dandridge. Possibly taken at her concert
at the Waldorf Astoria in New York May 2, 1955, where up the street, Eartha Kitt was also
in town for her own show. Her historic performance was the first by a black female artist at
the Waldorf Astoria.



			Dorothy Dandridge in Concert c.1955

			Color composition from B&W Photo
			Digital painting of an intimate performance by Dorothy Dandridge. Possibly taken at her concert at the Waldorf Astoria in New York May 2, 1955, where up the street, Eartha Kitt was also in town for her own show. Her historic performance was the first by a black female artist at the Waldorf Astoria.