Wax Poetics Japan Issue 31: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Wax Poetics Japan Issue number 31. The front cover features a photograph of Jean-Michel Basquiat and text that highlights some of the articles. The interior of the magazine contains 127 pages of photographs and articles in Japanese. The back cover of the magazine features a photograph of Grandmaster Flash with the same text that is on the front cover. There are two barcodes in the bottom right corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2013
• Published by: Wax Poetics Inc., American, founded 2001
• Subject of: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
• Subject of: Jean-Michel Basquiat, American, 1960 - 1988
• Subject of: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, American, 1978 - 1988
• Subject of: Konk, American, 1981 - 1988
• Subject of: Death Comet Crew, American
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Closed): 10 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (26 × 18.6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Open): 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (26 × 34.9 cm)
• Place printed: Japan, Asia
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Mass media
• Object number: 2016.31.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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