Dread Scott

Boom! Sign of the Times
2001

A yellow diamond-shaped sign with a black border displaying the word "DANGER" at the top and "POLICE IN AREA" at the bottom. The sign features two silhouetted figures: one with arms raised and the other pointing a gun, indicating a warning for police activity.
A yellow diamond-shaped sign with a black border displaying the word "DANGER" at the top and "POLICE IN AREA" at the bottom. The sign features two silhouetted figures: one with arms raised and the other pointing a gun, indicating a warning for police activity.

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Date
2001

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 42 3/4 × 42 3/4in. (108.6 × 108.6 cm) Image: 39 1/8 × 39 1/4in. (99.4 × 99.7 cm)

Accession number
2015.155

Edition
5/13

Publication
Printed and published by Lower East Side Printshop, Inc. New York

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Jane Dresner Sedaka

Rights and reproductions
© Dread Scott, courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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