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Poster

Figure 109 What Would You Post If I Were Murdered by The Police?, 2020;
artist: Amos Kennedy (American printer and book artist, born 1948);
Letterpress, Sheet: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Gift of Nappy-negroes in art, 2020, 2021.149.3 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 poster
    letterpress (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    prints and drawings
    American Art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 What Would You Post If I Were Murdered By the Police? (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: artist

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 Amos Kennedy (American printmaker and book artist, born 1948) (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 Kennedy, Amos (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 printmaker

  • Creation Date:🔺 2020 (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 2020 Latest:🔺 2020 (value type: controlled format)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 50.8 x 38.1 cm (20 x 15 inches) (value type: free text)

  • Value: 50.8 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 38.1 Unit: cm Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 letterpress (value type: free text)

  • Material Name:
    ink Role: medium
    paper Role: support
    Technique Name: letterpress(value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    politics
    police
    death
    Black Lives Matter
    racism
    technology
    social media (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: In this letterpress, Amos Kennedy applies centuries-old printing techniques to comment on current sociopolitical events, specifically the posting of footage of fatal police shootings of people of control on social media. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: The Met Collection online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 22 July 2024 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 2021.149.2 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core

Revised 25 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 109 What Would You Post If I Were Murdered by The Police?, 2020;
artist: Amos Kennedy (American printer and book artist, born 1948);
Letterpress, Sheet: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Gift of Nappy-negroes in art, 2020, 2021.149.3 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.