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1985

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Poster, Let Them Eat Cake

This is a Poster. It is dated 1985 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. It is credited Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.

Its dimensions are

91.5 × 61 cm (36 × 24 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in black ink at bottom: "Artist Sue Coe . Art Director Louise Kollenbaum . Produced for Mother Jones Magazine"

Cite this object as

Poster, Let Them Eat Cake; USA; lithograph on paper; 91.5 × 61 cm (36 × 24 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-124

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