Audelco best musical production award for Champeen awarded to Melvin Van Peebles: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An AUDELCO award for Best Musical Production of the Year presented to Melvin Van Peebles. The outside of the plaque is made from a rectangular piece of red-toned wood (possibly cherry) with beveled edges. Mounted on the top of the plaque is a black metal rectangular metal panel with a thing gold metal border that has a metal floral decal at each corner. A gold-tone, circular, relief medallion featuring an image of three faces - one forward facing and two side profiles is adhered to the center top of the plaque. Below the medallion, at the center is engraved gold text that reads [AUDELCO AWARD / FOR / BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR / TO / CHAMPEEEN / BOOK, MUSIC, LYRICS, DIRECTOR / AND / CO - PRODUCER / MELVIN VAN PEEBLES / NOVEMBER 21, 1983[underlined] / WOODIE KING, JR. / PRODUCER, NEW FEDERAL THEATRE / HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT]. At the back of the plaque, are mounting holes at the top and proper right.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 21, 1983
• Issued by: Audience Development Committee, Inc., American, founded 1973
• Received by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021
• Subject of: Woodie King Jr., American, born 1937
• Subject of: New Federal Theatre, American, founded 1970
• Subject of: Henry Street Settlement, American, founded 1893
• Type: plaques (flat objects)
• Medium: metal, wood, and adhesive
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 15/16 × 8 15/16 × 1 in. (30.4 × 22.7 × 2.5 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Topic: Musicians
• Object number: 2024.60.28
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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