Poster from the Prince Rally 4 Peace concert in Baltimore: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A gray poster with a purple square at center. Inside the square is an image of Prince. The stylized image of Prince is similar to his HITnRUN Phase One and HITnRUN Phase Two album covers and depicts Prince with an afro, mustache and goatee, gold chain and sunglasses. Yellow lettering at the top of the poster reads “PRINCE / BALTIMORE / SUNDAY MAY 10, 2015.” Yellow lettering below the image reads “ROYAL FARA ARENA / WITH SPECIAL GUEST / 3RDEYEGIRL” Blue text at the bottom of the poster reads “WEAR SOMETHING GRAY.” The logos for ticket vendors are below the blue text. In the bottom right corner, handwritten in silver marker is “167/500.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Prince, American, 1958 - 2016
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 23 3/4 × 9 in. (60.3 × 22.9 cm)
• Place collected: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Popular music
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Object number: 2015.154.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dorothy and Eugene Bryant
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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