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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
- Illustrated by
- Davis, Paul Brooks, American, born 1938
- Subject of
- Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
- Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Date
- 1976
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper.
- Dimensions
- H x W: 46 1/8 × 22 15/16 in. (117.2 × 58.3 cm)
- Description
- An illustrated poster for the choreopoem, “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,” by Ntosake Shange, featuring a painted, three quarters profile, upper body portrait of a young woman wearing a yellow head scarf, yellow tank top and gold and feather earrings. The portrait is of Ntozake Shange. She is standing against a white tile subway wall which has a single red tile stripe at the base of the wall. The main poster text is written in rainbow-colored, cursive, paint brushstrokes with simulated paint drips, and text reads, [For / Colored / Girls / who have / Considered / Suicide / When / The / Rain- / bow / is / Enuf]. In the top right corner is a box painted to appear like small tiles with white text against a dark red background that reads, [BOOTH THEATRE / 222 W. 45TH ST.] followed by a white, right pointing arrow. The artist's signature is in that bottom right corner, against a white tile.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Feminism
- Gender
- Identity
- Poetry
- Sexuality
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wopo Holup
- Object number
- 2013.85.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © The New York Shakespeare Festival. Permission required for use.
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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Subject of
- Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
- Used by
- Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Date
- November 1977
- On ViewConcourse 1, C1 053
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions
- 9 x 5 5/8 x 1/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 x 0.3 cm)
- Description
- An edition of Playbill Magazine for the production of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf". The cover has a white background with yellow box at top; the illustration below depicts an African American woman wearing a yellow kerchief on her head and a yellow top. Behind the woman is a white tile wall with rainbow-colored writing reading [For/Colored/Girls/who have/Considered/Suicide/When/The/Rain-bow/is/Enuf]. Black type in yellow box at top reads, [PLAYBILL/THE BOOTH THEATRE] White sticker with image of a red elephant and [50¢] on back on back, handwritten [1977/B].
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Feminism
- Gender
- Identity
- Sexuality
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- Object number
- 2012.152.1213
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.