<I>Panther Mother and Child</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968-1969
name: label: Designed by
content: Emory Douglas, American, born 1943
label: Distributed by
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This color print depicts a mother and young child together in a living room. The child is unclothed and stands in front of a seated woman, dressed in a green short sleeve blouse and yellow skirt. She has long earrings and holds a small white garment on her lap. She smiles down at the child, who is holding a miniature rifle in both hands. The room is furnished with a sofa, stool and lamp with matching patterns. In the background, the plaster wall is cracked and peeling. There is a bulls-eye attached to the window. In the bottom left corner of the image is the artist's signature "Emory/ 10-67/ B.P.P.S.D." In the margin below the image is a small black panther. There is text in the bottom right margin “Ministry of Information/ Box 2967, Custom House/ San Francisco, CA 94126". Text on the bottom left margin "Revolutionary art by/ Minister of Culture/ EMORY."
place: label: Place made
content: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
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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: 2015.97.8.2
objectType: label: Type
content: prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Artists Rights Society
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 (image): 20 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (51.5 × 41 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 22 11/16 × 16 3/4 in. (57.7 × 42.6 cm)