Poster for Negro Ensemble Company performances at the 1972 Olympic Festival: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster for performances of the plays "The Dream On Monkey Mountain" and "The Sty of the Blind Pig" by the Negro Ensemble Company at the 1972 Olympic Festival in Munich, Germany. The poster's background is dominated by a large black silhouette on a white background. On the bottom half, at left, is an image of two men, who appear to be singing. Both men are wearing hats. The man on the left is wearing a shirt with white & blue stars; the man on the right is wearing a red and white striped shirt. White text on the top half of the poster reads "Olympischer Sommer / Kunstprogramm / Gastspiel vom 31.7. bis 6.8.1972 / die Gert von Gontard-Foundation bringt / The Negro Ensemble Company, New York / The Dream On Monkey / Mountain / von Derek Walcott / The Sty Of The Blind Pig / von Phillip Hayes Dean / Münchner Kammerspiele / Schauspielhaus." Small black text on the right edge, near the bottom. It reads "Design E. Jünger / Plakatdruckerei Wurm. München 5, Müllerstr. 2."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Negro Ensemble Company, American, founded 1967
• Subject of: Sir Derek Alton Walcott, Saint Lucian, born 1930
• Subject of: Phillip Hayes Dean, American, 1931 - 2014
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 34 × 24 in. (86.4 × 61 cm)
• Place used: Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Olympics
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.188.5
• 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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