Proof sheet for My Brother the Wind album artwork
date: label: Date
content: 1970
name: label: Created by
content: The Sun Ra Arkestra, American
label: Published by
content: El Saturn Records, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Sun Ra, American, 1914 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: A screen-printed proof sheet for the record album cover artwork “My Brother The Wind” by The Sun Ra Arkestra. The sheet is printed with red ink on white paper, with the design appearing in the negative white space within the application of red ink. At the top, text reads [SUN-RA / and his / ASTRO / INFINITY / ARKESTRA] on the left side and [MY BROTHER THE WIND] on the right side. Below the text is an illustration of a fantastical musician figure playing a keyboard with one hand while playing a curved horn instrument with the other. The bell of the horn faces the musician, with the force of the wind blowing the figure’s hair out into a swirling mass. Beneath the keyboard is an Egyptian ankh symbol inside a triangle. There are no markings on the reverse of the sheet.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
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: 2023.83.7
objectType: label: Type
content: proofs: prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © El Saturn Records
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: 13 1/4 × 19 1/8 in. (33.7 × 48.6 cm)