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Date:2004Reference:R12583-4545-0-E, Volume number: 371Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:5858137Date(s):2004Place:Montreal:Place of creation:Québec (Province)Extent:1 reproduction : photmechanical print, col.; 55 x cm (sight) in mat 72 x 77 cm x 2.2 cm.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:This poster titled Opening Doors Today's was designed by the artist Ian S. Jones. Nearly two-thirds of it displays drawings of the faces of four prominent members of the black community in Toronto: Zanana L. Akande, Charles E. Archibald, Dwight Drummond and Tonya Lee Williams. The four portraits have Canadian flags as background and dark wood doors inserted between them. Portraits of individuals and doors are in three dimensions, that effect being achived by the superposition of several layers of glossy paper. The last third of the poster is occupied by a small portrait of Carter G. Woodson, as well as his biography and those of the four other people drawn on this poster. The poster also includes the following sentence: "In Celebration of Black History Month Vision Designs Presents Today's Opening Doors" and the logos of seven organizations in the Toronto area.Additional name(s):Additional information:Conservation:This document has been unframed in 2010.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscription: in the print, t.c.: In Celebration of Black History Monthe Vision Design Presents "Opening Today's Doors"; l.c.: "Opening Today's Doors" / Ian S. JonesSource:PrivateOther accession no.:1980-108 NPC -
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