Poster for Concept East Poetry featuring Kain, David Nelson, and Felipe Luciano: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster for Concept-East Poetry advertising a performance by KAIN, David Nelson, and Felipe Luciano. The poster consists of a black-and-white photographic image of the three poets together. From left to right is Kain, Luciano, and Nelson. Kain is pictured from the shoulders up, possibly seated, with Luciano and Nelson pictured from the waists up, standing behind him. Kain is in profile, wearing a light colored henley shirt. Luciano stands in the middle, wearing a black turtleneck and looking straight ahead while raising one fist in the air. Nelson stands along the right side of the image, also in profile. At the top left is printed in white text [CONCEPT EAST POETRY / A NEW DIRECTION IN BLACK THEATRE FROM OFF-BROADWAY / FEATURING THE WORK OF OUTSTANDING BLACK POETS / KAIN - DAVID NELSON - FILIPE [sic] LUCIANO / JULY 17, 8:00p.m. MILBANK CHAPEL / ADMISSION FREE SPONSORED BY T.C. STUDENT SENATE].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1969
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Gylan Kain, American
• Subject of: David Nelson, American
• Subject of: Felipe Luciano, American, born 1947
• Owned by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 17 x 13 5/8 in. (43.2 x 34.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
• Object number: 2012.21.7
• 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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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: © Herbert Danska Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.