Poster for the film Hammer: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A movie poster with black and white photographic images depicting characters and scenes from the film. The poster features a central image of Fred Williamson, outlined in purple. Above and below the images are the title and tagline in purple and red text ["HAMMER" / IS / A BLACK / EXPLOSION! / FRED WILLIAMSON / IS / "HAMMER"]. "HAMMER" forms the handle of a hammer, with the head next to the H, in both instances. The billing block is printed at the bottom in black text. There is a red border line along the outside edge of the poster.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Created by: United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
• Subject of: Bruce D. Clark, New Zealander, born 1945
• Subject of: Fred Williamson, American, born 1938
• Type: posters
• Medium: lithographic ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 41 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (104.5 x 68.9 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Blaxploitation films
• Topic: Film
• Object number: 2010.7.69
• 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: © 1972 United Artists Corporation Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.