Broadside No. 19: The Wall: For Edward Christmas: Museum Object and Cultural History
Broadside No. 19: The Wall: For Edward Christmas: Date: 1967. Written by: Gwendolyn Brooks, American, 1917 - 2000. Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
A poem titled "The Wall: For Edward Christmas" written by Gwendolyn Brooks and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 19. The poem is printed on white paper in black ink. The top half of the poem is bordered on three sides by a black geometric design. The copyright, broadside number, and publisher information is printed at the bottom of the page. The back side of the page is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1967
- Written by: Gwendolyn Brooks, American, 1917 - 2000
- Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965
- Subject of: Edward Christmas, American
- Type: poems
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (29.2 x 16.5 cm)
- Place printed: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Literature
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Poetry
- Object number: 2013.154.9
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sources and reuse
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: © 1967 Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely. All rights reserved. Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Sources
More in Fandom & Collecting
Keep reading