Banner for a New Black Nation

Frank Smith

Brooklyn Museum photograph

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Caption

Frank Smith American, born 1935. Banner for a New Black Nation, 1978. Fabric, leather, suede, paint, thread, metallic covered thread, graphite, metal rivets, 37 × 27 × 1/4 in. (94 × 68.6 × 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.40. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.80.40_PS6.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Banner for a New Black Nation

Date

1978

Medium

Fabric, leather, suede, paint, thread, metallic covered thread, graphite, metal rivets

Classification

Textile

Dimensions

37 × 27 × 1/4 in. (94 × 68.6 × 0.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed on verso

Inscriptions

Titled and dated on verso

Credit Line

Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund

Accession Number

2012.80.40

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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