THE FEEDING OF THE 5000 : THE SECOND SITTING

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Artist/Maker	Vaucher, Gee (designer) Bellorget, Bellorget (photographer)
Place of origin	France (made)

Black and white poster relating to the 12" long-playing record 'The Feeding of the 5000 : Second Sitting' by the group Crass. The design features a large photograph of a man's (detached) hand caught on barbed wire, above the text YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. This may be a proof for the sleeve/poster [E.3274-1991].

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	THE FEEDING OF THE 5000 : THE SECOND SITTING (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph print on paper Paper Printing Ink Lithography
Brief description	Black and white poster relating to the 12" long-playing record 'The Feeding of the 5000 : Second Sitting' by the group Crass. Designed by Gee Vaucher, France, 1984.
Physical description	Black and white poster relating to the 12" long-playing record 'The Feeding of the 5000 : Second Sitting' by the group Crass. The design features a large photograph of a man's (detached) hand caught on barbed wire, above the text YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. This may be a proof for the sleeve/poster [E.3274-1991].
Dimensions	Height: 88.9cm Width: 62.3cm
Style	Punk
Credit line	Given by Gee Vaucher
Object history	The image of the dead man's emaciated hand is from a photograph by Ghislain Bellorget in Vietnam in 1968. The image puns on the famous 'Uncle Sam' recruitment poster of 1915.
Production	An image used in the design is from a photograph by Ghislain Bellorget in Vietnam in 1968.
Subject depicted	Vietnam War
Associated object	E.3274-1991
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3274-1991

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Record created	March 4, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O198059/the-feeding-of-the-5000-poster-vaucher-gee/

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