Object Timeline

1987

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, A Rubber Is a Friend in Your Pocket (Un Condon Es Un Amigo En El Bolsillo)

This is a Poster. It was created by Michael Sabanosh. It is dated 1987 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

56 x 43.4 cm (22 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Imprinted in print, in blue: SABANOSH 86

It is inscribed

Imprinted: © 1987 Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. Illustration by Michael Sabanosh

Cite this object as

Poster, A Rubber Is a Friend in Your Pocket (Un Condon Es Un Amigo En El Bolsillo); Michael Sabanosh; USA; lithograph on paper; 56 x 43.4 cm (22 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-69

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18645767/ |title=Poster, A Rubber Is a Friend in Your Pocket (Un Condon Es Un Amigo En El Bolsillo) |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=14 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>