YOUNG BROTHERMAN: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white painting titled YOUNG BROTHERMAN by Dawud Anyabwile. The painting is of Brotherman’s face. The left side of his face is facing towards the viewer. He is wearing a black mask over his eyes and has his lips slightly parted. Black text at the top of the painting reads “SUDDENLY THIS BECAME SERIOUS / …DEAD SERIOUS!” The painting has a white border. The painting is signed and inscribed on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2008
• Illustrated by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Written by: Guy A. Sims, American
• Subject of: Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
• Type: paintings
• Medium: acrylic on canvas
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 48 1/16 × 35 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (122 × 91.2 × 3 cm)
• Place made: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Object number: 2017.116.5.6
• 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.