Carmen and Antonio Valor Embrace: Museum Object and Cultural History
Carmen and Antonio Valor Embrace: Date: 2015. Created by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965. Created by: Brian McGee, American, born 1970.
The object in the museum catalogue
A life-sized digital art cutout poster for Brotherman Comics featuring Carmen and Antonio Valor. It depicts Carmen hugging Antonio. Carmen is wearing a light purple top and green skirt. Antonio is wearing a white tank top, jean shorts, stripped socks and sneakers. Blocks of wood with wire attachments are glued to the back of the cutout.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2015
- Created by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
- Created by: Brian McGee, American, born 1970
- Subject of: Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
- Type: posters
- Type: promotional materials
- Medium: ink on cardboard, wood, metal, adhesive
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 69 11/16 × 22 15/16 × 1 in. (177 × 58.2 × 2.5 cm)
- Place printed: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Art
- Topic: Comics and graphic novels
- Topic: Design
- Topic: Graphic design
- Object number: 2017.116.6.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brotherman Comics / Big City Entertainment, Inc.
- 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: © Big City Entertainment, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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