Blacknuss

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.

An offset lithograph with a variety of objects, words, and vignettes celebrating Black music. The imagery is in red, black, blue and green against a green, black, and blue background. Across the top in large black and red lettering is [BLACKNUSS] with the “USS” running down the right side. The words [BLACK] and [BLACKNUSS] are repeated in various sizes and colors throughout the print along with images of hands, hearts, stars, singing lips, and musical notes. There is a hand with a tambourine and a conga drum just left of center. At bottom center, a musician in a hat is seated at a red piano with the word [Hallelujah] in red script. At the bottom right corner is a musician playing the saxophone. Surrounding the print is a simple border of overlapping black, blue, and red lines. The printing extends to the edges of the paper and the vertical side edges are deckled.

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