THINK: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a poster designed by Gail Anderson with a white background and black text and graphics. The poster is an almost square white space with the word “THINK” in extremely large block letters that fills the page. There is a thick black border that runs around the margin of the page. The letters of “Think” touch the margin either at the top, bottom, or side of each letter. At the top left corner in the white space between the top of the ‘T’ and the border is small black text that reads “I don’t even.” In the bottom right corner of the poster in the white space under the letter ‘N’ is small black text that reads “of you as black.” The back of the poster is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2018
• Designed by: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 33 × 36 in. (83.8 × 91.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2020.11.13
• 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.