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1970

  • Work on this object began.

1990

  • Work on this object ended.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2014

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, I want to kiss my boyfriend, in public, without fear.

This is a Poster. It was designed by cheap art. It is dated ca. 1980 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is photocopy on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Angry Graphics.

This object was donated by Karrie Jacobs and Steven Heller. It is credited Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.

Its dimensions are

28 x 43.3 cm (11 in. x 17 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in black ink, lower right: Cheap Art

Cite this object as

Poster, I want to kiss my boyfriend, in public, without fear.; Designed by cheap art; USA; photocopy on paper; 28 x 43.3 cm (11 in. x 17 1/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-101

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