Panther Mother and Child

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This color print depicts a mother and young child together in a living room. The child is unclothed and stands in front of a seated woman, dressed in a green short sleeve blouse and yellow skirt. She has long earrings and holds a small white garment on her lap. She smiles down at the child, who is holding a miniature rifle in both hands. The room is furnished with a sofa, stool and lamp with matching patterns. In the background, the plaster wall is cracked and peeling. There is a bulls-eye attached to the window. In the bottom left corner of the image is the artist's signature "Emory/ 10-67/ B.P.P.S.D." In the margin below the image is a small black panther. There is text in the bottom right margin “Ministry of Information/ Box 2967, Custom House/ San Francisco, CA 94126". Text on the bottom left margin "Revolutionary art by/ Minister of Culture/ EMORY."

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