Broadside for Essex Hemphill poetry reading: Museum Object and Cultural History
Broadside for Essex Hemphill poetry reading: Date: 1992. Created by: Unidentified. Photograph by: Theresa Thadani, American, born 1960.
The object in the museum catalogue
A broadside advertising a poetry reading by Essex Hemphill in London, England. Broadside is an electrostatic print on medium weight wove paper, green with black text. At center is a portrait of Hemphill framed by two mirrored figures holding flowers. Additional motifs include hearts, stars, and fish. Broadside lists Theresa Thadani as the photographer of the portrait and Ali Zaidi as the broadside designer. There are losses at top left corner, bottom left corner, and top right edge. There are no marks on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1992
- Created by: Unidentified
- Photograph by: Theresa Thadani, American, born 1960
- Designed by: Ali Zaidi
- Subject of: Essex Hemphill, American, 1957 - 1995
- Owned by: Dr. Ron Simmons, American, 1950 - 2020
- Type: xerographic copies
- Type: broadsides
- Medium: ink on wove paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (29.8 × 21 cm)
- Place depicted: London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: LGBTQ
- Topic: Poetry
- Object number: 2018.103.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ron Simmons
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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