Lorraine Gendron (Louisiana, b. 1937), "Sweet Emma," clay and fabric figure, signed and titled on the corner of the base, H.- 8 1/2 in., W.- 7 in., D.- 6 3/8 in. Note: "Sweet Emma" Barrett was a New Orleans jazz pianist and vocalist active from the early 1920s until her death in 1983, playing first with Papa Oscar Celestine's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra before settling in with the musicians who would eventually become the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in the 1960s. Depicted here wearing her signature red skull cap.

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