Tonight's the night: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A framed digital art poster featuring an image of a panel from Brotherman comics. The panel depict a group of people talking on a city street. Three men are in the foreground talking and a man and a woman are in the background in front of buildings. The man on the left side of the image is wearing a hat, glasses and is smoking a cigarette. The man in the middle is wearing a jacket with the name “LEN” on the right breast. He is looking at the man on the right. The man on the right is talking. He is wearing a hat and has a bandage on his face. Speech bubbles above his head read “TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT.” and “You in?” The woman in the background is on the left side of the image. She is looking at the people talking in the foreground. She is wearing a yellow hat and shirt. The man in the background is looking at the woman. He is wearing a dark colored hat, sleeveless jacket and dark pants. A white label with black text is adhered to the back of the frame at bottom. It reads “REED’S / FINEART GALLERY / THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT / 984 SOUTH MAIN STREET CONYERS GA 30012 / 229-630-5712.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Created by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Created by: Brian McGee, American, born 1970
• Written by: Guy A. Sims, American
• Subject of: Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
• Subject of: Reed's, American
• Type: posters
• Type: promotional materials
• Medium: ink on cardboard, wood, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D (frame): 57 1/2 × 35 7/16 × 1 3/16 in. (146.1 × 90 × 3 cm)
• Place printed: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Object number: 2017.116.6.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brotherman Comics / Big City Entertainment, Inc.
• 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: © Big City Entertainment, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.