Poster for the Public Enemy album There's a Poison Goin On: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster for the Public Enemy album There's a Poison Goin On: Date: 1999. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black, white, and red poster advertising for the Public Enemy album "There's a Poison Goin On..." On the front is a black-and-white print of children playing with toys - all but one wear gas masks. Above is the group's name and logo, and below is the name of the album. Featured prominently on the back is the group's logo of a figure in a hat as seen through a targeting scope.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1999
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 35 3/8 x 23 7/8 in. (89.9 x 60.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.33.3.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Public Enemy
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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