Proof sheet for "Night of the Purple Moon" album art
date: label: Date
content: 1970
name: label: Published by
content: El Saturn Records, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Sun Ra, American, 1914 - 1993
label: Created by
content: The Sun Ra Arkestra, American
notes: label: Description
content: A screen-printed proof sheet for the record album cover artwork “Night of the Purple Moon” by The Sun Ra Arkestra. The sheet is printed with purple ink on white paper. The center design has a portrait of Sun Ra arranged in the sky above an Egyptian pyramid and the Great Sphinx. Text at the top reads [“THE NIGHT OF THE PURPLE MOON”] and [Sun Ra / AND HIS INTERGALACTIC INFINITY ARKESTRA]. Directly beneath the image, in small print, is [IR522]. There are no markings on the reverse of the sheet.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.83.8
objectType: label: Type
content: proofs: prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © El Saturn Records
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17 1/2 × 22 5/8 in. (44.5 × 57.4 cm)