Museum object · Visual Arts
Color drawing of the comic book character Icon, owned by Dwayne McDuffie
ca. 1993
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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.
A framed color drawing of the comic book character, Icon, owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The drawing has three distinct parts. The top features three futuristic scenes depicting a space ship crashing. The middle features three scenes depicting slavery and the Civil War. A newspaper with [SLAVE / AUCTION] on it is in the middle of the drawing. The bottom features three distinct scenes. They are of a woman in a photograph, a man getting shot and the characters Icon and Rocket in their costumes.
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Catalog reference: 2019.96.27
