2010.54.6047

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James L. Allen ~ photographer | Pomegranate Communications

Langston Hughes, Poet Laureate of Harlem

poster
work on paper

Late 20th - Early 21st Century

offset lithograph
paper

36.00 in HIGH x 24.00 in WIDE
(91.44 cm HIGH x 60.96 cm WIDE)

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

2010.54.6047

inscription: Printed at bottom center: "No. 1337 Langston Hughes (American, 1902-1967). Photograph by James L. Allen; courtesy Photographs and Prints Division; Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture; The New York Public Library; Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Published by Pomegranate, Box 6099, Rohnert Park, CA 94927.

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african american
Langston Hughes
poet laureate

poster
work on paper

Art
History

african american
ethnicity and race

Poster shows a full page black and white photograph of a seated man in a suit and tie. The man appears in three-quarter profile and rests his chin on his hand. "Langston / Hughes / (1902-1967)" is printed in yellow font at top left. A yellow rectangle at bottom with rounded corners contains the text "Poet Laureate of Harlem."

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