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1970

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1990

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Poster, Amnesty International USA Campaign on the Soviet Union

This is a Poster. It was designed by Clare Francis and lithographer: Guttenburg, Franklin & Mechanic and published by Amnesty International. It is dated ca. 1980 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.

Its dimensions are

61.1 × 45.9 cm (24 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Text: "Psychiatric abuse / Religious persecution /... [10 lines of text]...Please show your concern./ Send a message to:/SSSR / Moskva /... L.I. Brezhnevu"

Cite this object as

Poster, Amnesty International USA Campaign on the Soviet Union; Designed by Clare Francis; Published by Amnesty International (United States); Lithographer: Guttenburg, Franklin & Mechanic; USA; lithograph on paper; 61.1 × 45.9 cm (24 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-63

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