<img width="640" height="879" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b-700x961.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features the poster for "Day Without Art" to honor artists who died of AIDS. Reproduction of ink and paper drawing of Darrel Ellis' "Self Portrait" at top half. Image of African-American young man with hands clasped in front. Across top, "We're all one human being,/really./ - Darrell Ellis (died of AIDS in 1992)/ (Source: Interview with David Hirsh)" (in red). Written biography of Ellis and information about this day such as date, purpose, and sponsors below in red. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b-700x961.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b-219x300.jpg 219w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b-170x233.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b.jpg 746w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="34424" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/06/27/darrel-ellis-human-touch/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b.jpg" data-orig-size="746,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b-219x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/81525_e7fb6aa976674827_b-700x961.jpg" />In celebration of World Pride, June Object of the Day posts highlight LGBTQ+ designers and design in the collection. This poster, published by Visual AIDS in 1994, features a painting by Darrel Ellis (1958–1992), an African-American artist who created photographs, paintings, and mixed media sculptures. Many of his paintings are based on photographs, including family...
