Signed advertisement for Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones performance
date: label: Date
content: 1985
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Photograph by
content: Daniel Cima, American
label: Subject of
content: Essex Hemphill, American, 1957 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Wayson R. Jones, American
label: Subject of
content: d.c. space, American, 1977 - 1991
label: Owned by
content: Dr. Ron Simmons, American, 1950 - 2020
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white advertisement signed by Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones advertising their poetry and music collaboration titled "Earth Life" at the d.c. space music venue in downtown Washington, DC. Advertisement consists of a halftone offset lithograph on medium weight wove paper that is mounted on polystyrene foam board. Advertisement is dominated by a portrait of Hemphill and Jones standing in front of a brick wall. Hemphill, left, smokes a cigarette. At right, Jones stands in a light button-down shirt. Photograph is by Daniel Cima. Advertisement is signed on Jones' shirt: over his right shirt is [to Ron Simmons / My blessings / Essex Hemphill / 8-20-85] and over his chest is [to Ron / Peace, brother / Wayson Jones / 8-20-85]. There are no marks on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Poetry
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ron Simmons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.103.2
objectType: label: Type
content: offset lithographs
label: Type
content: advertisements
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper , polystyrene
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)