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How it is you've run aground?

Poster
1989 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster depicting a tall ship full of passengers. They have hit a rock and many faces look over the side with puzzled expressions. A man in a small fishing boat below points to the location of the impact. The text roughly translates as 'How is it you've run aground? You've taken the short cut too long'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHow it is you've run aground? (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
Poster by the Battling Pencil group from a portfolio of 24 entitled 'Perestroika For and Against'. Russia, 1989.
Physical description
Poster depicting a tall ship full of passengers. They have hit a rock and many faces look over the side with puzzled expressions. A man in a small fishing boat below points to the location of the impact. The text roughly translates as 'How is it you've run aground? You've taken the short cut too long'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 43.8cm
  • Width: 33cm
Credit line
Given by Peggy Vance
Production
Attribution note: published in a print run of 5,000
Collection
Accession number
E.379-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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