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1991

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2016

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Poster, CRIA (Committee to Rescue

This is a Poster. We acquired it in 1991. Its medium is screenprint support: paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Malcom Grear.

Its dimensions are

81.9 x 55.3 cm (32 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in grey ink across UC: On November 4, 1966/ a Disastrous Flood/ Struck at Civilization; imprinted in grey, orange, and white ink across C: HELPRESCUE MUSEUMS/HELPPRESERVE ARCHIVES/HELPRESTORE LIBRARIES; in halftonedots at C: CRIA; in white at LC: Tax deductible contributions may be sent to/CRIA COMMITTEE TO RESCUE ITALIAN ART, in white at L margin: Malcom Grear

Cite this object as

Poster, CRIA (Committee to Rescue; USA; screenprint support: paper; 81.9 x 55.3 cm (32 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.); Gift of Malcom Grear; 1991-69-101

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