Page from Gail Anderson's sketchbook: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a page from Gail Anderson’s childhood sketchbook. It is a single rectangular page torn from a sketchbook. It is filled from margin to margin with black and white hand drawn cartoons, figures and text in a variety of graphics and hand-lettered fonts. The top of the sheet has tabs from where the page was torn out of its notebook. In the bottom right corner is small text that reads “This was / done by / gail.” The name ‘gail’ is done in lowercase but bolded letters. The entire text is double outlined by two thin black lines. The back of the sheet is blank and has several pieces of clear tape adhering to it.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1976
• Created by: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
• Type: drawings
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Typography
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2020.11.16
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
• 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: © Gail Anderson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.