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[Rebecca Solnit collection of political posters].
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[Rebecca Solnit collection of political posters]Creator/Contributor:
Solnit, Rebecca, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Stumptown Printers, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Women's Action Coalition (New York, N.Y.), creator.Abstract:
Political posters pertaining to a variety subjects, some promoting events in the San Francisco Bay Area, others promoting
awareness of current or historical issues. Topics include anti-war efforts against U.S. invasion of Iraq (1991 and 2003);
the administration of San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan; the series "Celebrate People's History"; and the U.S. Presidential
campaign of Barak Obama (2008).
Date:
1990 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPeace movements -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Pictorial works
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Gulf War
Mouvements pacifistes -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Ouvrages illustrés
Guerre du golfe Persique, 1991
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- Pictorial works
Celebrate people's history (Poster series)
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Rebecca Solnit.
Includes many pieces published by Stumptown Press/Justseeds.org (Portland, Ore.) and Women's Action Coalition (N.Y.) and at
least one by San Francisco Poster Syndicate (directed by Art Hazelwood). Many artists, publishers and printers unknown.
Gift of Rebecca Solnit ; 2022.
Rebecca Solnit collection of political posters, BANC PIC 2022.054, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicpolitical posters.
prints (visual works)
Political posters.
Prints.
Affiches politiques.
Estampes.
Physical Description:
print
approximately 75 prints in 3 folders : various print processes ; sheets 61 x 40 cm or smaller (poster format)
Language:
English