Flier for Sun Ra and El Saturn Records
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Published by
content: El Saturn Records, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Sun Ra, American, 1914 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: A double-sided promotional flier for Sun Ra and El Saturn Records, printed in black and white on glossy paper. On the front is a photograph portrait of Sun Ra, captured from below, standing with his hands resting atop a long, cylindrical instrument. At left is “SUN RA” and just beneath the image is the Chicago post office box for Saturn Records. The back has printed text, quotes, and four poems by Sun Ra. Across the top is a wide band of black with white text reading [SUN RA SUN RA] and a graphic of a bullseye target with a celestial tail. Abstract, linear black shapes are interspersed with the text. Along the left side is “El Saturn Research” with an address for a Chicago post office box.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Poetry
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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: 2023.83.6
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 7/8 × 12 7/16 in. (27.6 × 31.6 cm)