New Thing Calendar Artboard, March '69
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Object Details
- Caption
- This artboard features an African American man’s profile, alongside the poem ‘If We Must Die’ by Claude McKay, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. The poem speaks to a sense of self-assertion and the will to resist in order to protect a people’s freedom. The art appeared in a calendar produced by the New Thing Art & Architecture Center, a cultural center based in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington D.C. The Center’s mission aligns with both the content and the form of the calendar, as they sought to highlight a positive Afrocentric artistic culture in ordinary places.
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2017.8.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- artboard
- Medium
- ink on board
- Dimensions
- 10 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (27.7 × 27.7 cm)
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Record ID
- acm_2017.8.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl8dc080c1b-9ebd-417c-9819-11408ab3e33f
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