For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf / Paul Davis. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf / Paul Davis.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf / Paul Davis.
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The poster advertises Ntozake Shange's *For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf*, a choreopoem in which seven women speak and dance through stories of love, violence, and survival. The New York Shakespeare Festival, led by Joseph Papp, staged the play at its Public Theater in 1976, and it later moved to Broadway that fall. Its frank treatment of Black women's lives was new to many audiences, and it drew both acclaim and controversy. The illustration is by Paul Davis, an artist known for bold graphic work in the 1970s.
| Created / published | c1976. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Theatrical posters 1970-1980.Prints Color 1970-1980. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. K74. 1976. Copyright by the New York Shakespeare Festival. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1970-1980. African Americans--Women--1970-1980. Plays--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,166 × 1,466 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216542 |
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