Manufactured by

GTP, Ghanaian, founded 1966

Printed by

Peters, Shani, American, born 1981

Subject of

Cousins, Aisha, American

President Obama, Barack, American, born 1961

Date

2011

Medium

cotton

Dimensions

H x W: 46 7/8 × 68 1/8 in. (119 × 173 cm)

H x W (Vertical Repeat): 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)

H x W (Horizontal Repeat): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)

H x W (Printed Portrait): 10 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (26.7 × 19.5 cm)

Description

Length of printed textile by GTP (Ghana Textiles Printing Company) customized with added printed graphic portraits of Barack Obama. The fabric has a large scale stylized floral design of the same flower printed in repeating columns. The flowers are wider at the middle with feathery blue petals surrounding a chartreuse and orange center and burgundy and white dots in the very middle. The flowers are placed in columns with the top sections nearly touching, but not quite. In the next column, the flowers are placed so that the wider middle sections are in the space created by the thinner top and bottom sections of the surrounding columns. There is a deep burgundy solid ground behind the flowers. An oval-framed portrait of Barack Obama is custom printed in black and white onto the manufactured printed fabric. Text inside the frame reads "BLACK PRESIDENT'S DAY FEBRUARY 21, 2011 / BARACK OBAMA 44TH PRESIDENT OF TEH U.S.A." The added prints are placed on the fabric in a scattered manner. Manufacturer's information is printed on both selvedges that reads in repetition "GTP GUARANTEED REAL WAX PRINTED IN GHANA 16785".

Place printed

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place made

Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Classification

Textiles and Quilts

Type

textiles

portraits

Topic

Africa

African diaspora

Design

Identity

Politics

Textile design

U.S. History, 2001-

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley

Object number

2017.16.10

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5792cb0da-a560-4378-8c70-2af1f0a8d151