Reclaiming My Time: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A signed print by Gail Anderson titled "Reclaiming My Time." Against a navy-blue background, it features a quote by Congresswoman Maxine Waters in bright yellow text. The text is in large bold block letters in various fonts and fills the page. The text reads “RECLAIMING / MY / TIME / Maxine Waters.” The primary quote is superimposed over shadow images of the same quote done in different, fainter fonts scattered across the print’s surface and superimposed over each other. The fonts are all in various shades of yellow and orange.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2018
• Designed by: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Rep. Maxine Waters, American, born 1938
• Type: prints
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Feminism
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2020.11.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Gail Anderson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.