Earth Day 22 April

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Artist/Maker	American Environment Foundation (issued by) Rauschenberg, Robert (artist)
Place of origin	United States (made)

The first Earth Day was called in 1970 to promote environmental activism in the USA. Robert Rauschenberg's powerful design combines a photographic catalogue of environmental abuse with the supreme symbol of the USA, the eagle.

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Categories	Prints Environment Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Earth Day 22 April (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Screenprint Paper Ink
Brief description	Earth Day 22 April. Poster by Robert Rauschenberg against destruction of planet. USA, 1970.
Physical description	Photomontage, American eagle, litter pollution by industrial objects. Portrait format poster. Montage of nine photographic images of environmental abuse forming backdrop to a central photographic image of the American eagle. Images on the margin printed in black and white, the eagle in brown and black.
Dimensions	Height: 85.5cm Width: 64cm (Note: Approximate)
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
Production	Photomontage
Subjects depicted	Pollution Air Pollution Water Pollution Protest Environmental Impact Environment
Place depicted	United States
Summary	The first Earth Day was called in 1970 to promote environmental activism in the USA. Robert Rauschenberg's powerful design combines a photographic catalogue of environmental abuse with the supreme symbol of the USA, the eagle.
Associated object	E.3035-1991 (Duplicate)
Other number	LS.2510 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.146-2004

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Record created	October 10, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O117555/earth-day-22-april-poster-rauschenberg-robert/

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