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1992

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Poster, If Society Can Provide Housing for a Man Like This, Can't We Do More for The Homeless?

This is a Poster. It was designed by Peter Cohen and Jamie Barrett and made for (as the client) Coalition for the Homeless. It is dated 1992 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

62.8 × 45.8 cm (24 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

In text box above bottom margin, in all caps: "IF SOCIETY CAN PROVIDE HOUSING FOR A MAN LIKE THIS, CAN'T WE DO MORE FOR THE HOMELESS?" Below, in a smaller size font: "In the United States, we take better care of convicted killers than we do homeless people. / Help us correct this injustice. Call the Coalition for the Homeless at 460-8110."

Cite this object as

Poster, If Society Can Provide Housing for a Man Like This, Can't We Do More for The Homeless?; Designed by Peter Cohen, Jamie Barrett; Client: Coalition for the Homeless; USA; lithograph on paper; 62.8 × 45.8 cm (24 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-120

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