Stars & Bars (alt. title Lynching Comes to Mind)

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Stars & Bars (alt. title Lynching Comes to Mind)

Entry/Object ID

2016.25

Description

Black and white poster admonishing those who support the continued hanging of the Confederate Flag in South Carolina

Artwork Details

Medium

Digital print

Context

Stars & Bars is about the display of the Confederate flag on the statehouse of South Carolina in 2002.

Acquisition

Accession

2016.14-125

Source or Donor

Chuck Thurow

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Gift of Chuck Thurow

Made/Created

Artist

Cap, Max King

Date made

2002

Ethnography

Notes

North America United States

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Inscription Type: Stars & Bars

Notes

Inscription Type: [unknown symbol]

Notes

Inscription Type: Max King Cap 02

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

political art, art genres, African American, modern North American, modern American, Americas, The, black-and-white (colors), neutrals (colors), colors (hues or tints), posters, information artifacts, information forms (objects)

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Color (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Styles and Periods Facet, Physical Attributes Facet, Objects Facet

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Violence

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

8 in

Length

11 in

Exhibition

A Matter of Conscience

Interpretative Labels

Label

Lynching Comes to Mind Cap, Max King 2002 Black and white poster admonishing those who support the continued hanging of the Confederate Flag in South Carolina