Poster for Jungle Fever: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A movie poster with a full sheet color image of two intersecting hands, fingers intertwined. Hands appear to be those of a Black man and a White woman, whose fingernails are painted red. The title is in black and white text across the fingers: [JUNGLE / FEVER]. The billing block text is at the bottom in black. In the bottom right corner is the NSS number 910088. The back is white with handwritten text in black ink on right side [JUNGLE FEVER-SPIKE LEE].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1991
• Designed by: Art Sims, American, born 1954
• Created by: Universal Pictures, founded 1912
• Subject of: Spike Lee, American, born 1957
• Subject of: Stevie Wonder, American, born 1950
• Type: posters
• Medium: lithographic ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 39 13/16 x 26 7/8 in. (101.1 x 68.3 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2010.7.77
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Leith Adams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1991 Universal City Studios, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.