- Created by
- Anyabwile, Dawud, American
- Subject of
- Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
- Date
- 2009
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (frame): 45 1/4 × 57 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (115 × 145 × 6.4 cm)
- Description
- A color painting of the skyline of Big City, the fictional city in the comic book series Brotherman. The buildings are brightly colored red, blue, green and yellow. Many of the buildings are leaning at angles or curved with the angles and curves becoming more pronounced the farther away they are depicted. Several of the buildings have signs. A building at the center of the painting has statues on the top. The sky is dark blue with white clouds. Written at the bottom right corner is “© DAWUD / ANYABWILE.”
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- paintings
- Topic
- Art
- Comics and graphic novels
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brotherman Comics / Big City Entertainment, Inc.
- Object number
- 2017.116.5.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Big City Entertainment, Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




