Poster for Ragtime designed by Gail Anderson
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1998
name: label: Designed by
content: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
label: Illustrated by
content: Lorenzo Petrantoni, Italian, born 1970
label: Subject of
content: Terrence McNally, American, 1938 - 2020
notes: label: Caption
content: Gail Anderson is a New York based designer and partner at Anderson Newton Design. Since 1987, Anderson has worked in the field of design at design firms, advertising agencies, and publications. Her work has received awards from major design organizations, including the Society of Publication Designers and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). In 2008 she received a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the AIGA. Anderson currently works as Creative Director at the School of Visual Arts Press and is on the Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Post Office. In 2013, the US Postal Service commissioned Anderson to design the commemorative stamp for the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Anderson was only the second African American designer tapped to design a commemorative stamp, the first being Georg Olden who designed the Proclamation’s 100th anniversary stamp in 1963.
label: Description
content: This is a poster for the Broadway musical Ragtime, with graphics designed by Gail Anderson. The poster depicts a man seated at an upright piano with his arms raised upwards. He wears a white shirt, dark pants and dark suspenders. The viewers only see him from the back. On top of the piano is a Statue of Liberty done in grey tones. Black diamond shapes emanate from her in a halo effect. Radiating from the upper half of the halo is a cacophony of images, including musical instruments, objects of clothing, an American flag, images of politicians, a gramophone, a movie camera, a locomotive engine, and various phrases. The seated man with the piano and its accompanying image takes up the top half of the poster. The bottom half has large letters in red and blue text across the page that read “RAGTIME / THE MUSICAL.” Below this is red text that lists the production information. Along the bottom margin is ticket and theater information.
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place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
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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 Gail Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.11.18
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © SpotCo
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: 22 × 14 in. (55.9 × 35.6 cm)