<I>The City of Distracting Images</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1970
name: label: Created by
content: Mavis Pusey, Jamaican American, 1928 - 2019
notes: label: Description
content: A color screenprint with an abstract geometric design of rectilinear shapes in yellow and white. Some of the yellow rectangles, which are laid horizontally over the mostly vertical white rectangles, are textured to resemble wood planks. The shapes rest on top of a central circle design of a black grid or screen, behind which are tumbled grey blocks. Along the top of the design are linear shapes in deep purple. All of the shapes are outlined in thick black lines and speckled with grey. The print has a white margin that is thicker along the bottom edge. Handwritten in graphite just below the design is [A/P] at left, [The City of Distracting Images] at center, and the artist's signature [Mavis Pusey] at right.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
label: Topic
content: Art
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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: 2022.80.1
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Mavis Pusey
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: 41 1/2 × 29 7/16 in. (105.4 × 74.8 cm)