<I>Red-Lining, 1962, #1</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2022
name: label: Created by
content: Victor H. Sparrow IV, American, born 1967
notes: label: Description
content: This is an ink and stenciled work on white paper squares that have been folded and collaged together to form a larger rectangle. A play on the iconic "Checkpoint Charlie" sign at the crossing between East and West Germany in Berlin, the words "YOU ARE ENTERING THE AMERICAN SECTOR" is repeated in English, Russian, French, and German in large black text. The text has an irregular hand-lettered appearance, with the outlines occasionally visible in graphite, black ink, and brown and white crayon, with bits of silver tape appearing throughout. The work is titled, signed and dated in graphite in the bottom right corner: RED-LINING, 1962 #1 Victor H. Sparrow 2022].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
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: 2022.27.8
objectType: label: Type
content: collages
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Victor H. Sparrow IV
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: 32 × 41 in. (81.3 × 104.1 cm)