Painting of a city skyline by Dawud Anyabwile
date: label: Date
content: 2009
name: label: Created by
content: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A color painting of the skyline of Big City, the fictional city in the comic book series Brotherman. The buildings are brightly colored red, blue, green and yellow. Many of the buildings are leaning at angles or curved with the angles and curves becoming more pronounced the farther away they are depicted. Several of the buildings have signs. A building at the center of the painting has statues on the top. The sky is dark blue with white clouds. Written at the bottom right corner is “© DAWUD / ANYABWILE.”
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brotherman Comics / Big City Entertainment, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.116.5.3
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Big City Entertainment, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acrylic on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 45 1/4 × 57 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (115 × 145 × 6.4 cm)