Poster for Negro Ensemble Company at the Teatro Parioli in Rome, Italy: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster for performances by the Negro Ensemble Company and Ballet Folklorico de Mexico in Rome, Italy. The poster has black background with printing in red, white, and light blue. At upper left is a black and white image of stone columns and a stone Mesoamerican style mask or face. There are wispy blue clouds across the top of the poster with [PREMIO ROMA] in large red letters. Most of the poster advertises performances at two theaters. At top is [TEATRO PARIOLI] in white letters against red, followed by dates and [NEGRO ENSEMBLE / The Lusitanian Bogey di P. Weiss / God is a….(Guess What?) di McIver] in white text. Below in the same style is [TEATRO SISTINA] with dates for [BALLET FOLKLORICO DE MEXICO]. At the bottom, in blue, is the Alitalia logo.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1969
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Negro Ensemble Company, American, founded 1967
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper on cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W: 89 × 27 in. (226.1 × 68.6 cm)
• Place used: Rome, Roma, Italy, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Theatre
• Topic: Theatre companies
• Object number: 2013.188.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and James Thomas and family in memory of Clarice Taylor
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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