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Marcus Garvey

Poster
1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
U-Print Collective (printer)
Chambers, Eddie (designer)
Sky, Phillip (printer)
Place of origin
Cardiff (made)

Portrait poster featuring sixteen separate panels, which are repeats of sets of three. one is a black and white photograph of Marcus Garvey against a red background. This is followed by a mask against a yellow background. In turn this is followed by a green panel, with black symbols. There is a quote of marcus garvey's running through the whole poster, in black text on white.


Object details

Categories
Posters
Prints
Caribbean
Object type
Poster
TitleMarcus Garvey (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stencil, printing, paper, plastic laminate
Plastic Laminate
Paper
Stencilling
Printing
Brief description
Poster, designed by Eddie Chambers and printed by Phillip Sky with U-Print, Cardiff, 1987.
Physical description
Portrait poster featuring sixteen separate panels, which are repeats of sets of three. one is a black and white photograph of Marcus Garvey against a red background. This is followed by a mask against a yellow background. In turn this is followed by a green panel, with black symbols. There is a quote of marcus garvey's running through the whole poster, in black text on white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 77.9cm
  • Width: 53cm
Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions
THE WORLD TODAY IS INDEBTED / TO US FOR THE BENEFITS OF / CIVILISATION. MARCUS GARVEY
Credit line
Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop.
Object history
Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Bibliographic reference
From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.600-2013

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Record createdNovember 20, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1275045/marcus-garvey-poster-chambers-eddie/
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