Don't Eat Grapes
Poster
1969 (made)
1969 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Milton Glaser designed this poster to coincide with the May 10 1969 International Grape Boycott. Beneath the image of a bunch of grapes, doubling as a deathly skull, is a quote by Cesar Chavez, respected Chicano civil rights leader and labour activist. Chavez was also the head of the United Farm Workers, which he founded in 1962 as the National Farm Workers Association, lobbying for employment rights and living standards for farm workers. The successful and high-profile boycott of California table grapes demanded that growers stop using toxic chemicals which harmed farm workers. It was started in Delano, California in 1965.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Don't Eat Grapes (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Don't Eat Grapes - poster by Milton Glaser. USA, 1969. |
| Physical description | Bunch of grapes doubling as a deathly skull |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Milton Glaser |
| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | Milton Glaser designed this poster to coincide with the May 10 1969 International Grape Boycott. Beneath the image of a bunch of grapes, doubling as a deathly skull, is a quote by Cesar Chavez, respected Chicano civil rights leader and labour activist. Chavez was also the head of the United Farm Workers, which he founded in 1962 as the National Farm Workers Association, lobbying for employment rights and living standards for farm workers. The successful and high-profile boycott of California table grapes demanded that growers stop using toxic chemicals which harmed farm workers. It was started in Delano, California in 1965. |
| Other number | LS.629 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.91-2004 |
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| Record created | August 10, 2005 |
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