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Une jeunesse que l'avenir inquiète trop souvent...

Poster
1968 (Designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster dates from the 1968 student and industrial unrest in Paris and powerfully expresses the concerns of those times - a desire for parliamentary democracy, for freedom of speech and a hatred of right-wing politics. This screen-printed poster issued on behalf of the P.C.F. (le Parti Communiste Français) is stamped 'Atelier Populaire', identifying it as one of the products of students of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, who turned out an estimated 120,000 posters between May and June 1968.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleUne jeunesse que l'avenir inquiète trop souvent... (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
screenprint
Brief description
Poster by Atelier Populaire: 'Une jeunesse que l'avenir inquiète trop souvent...'. Paris, 1968.
Physical description
Poster from the May 68 demonstrations in France
Dimensions
  • Height: 51.4cm
  • Width: 32.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Une jeunesse que l'avenir inquiète trop souvent...'
Translation
A youth that worries too much about the future
Credit line
Given by Michael Voggenauer, in memory of his father Josef Voggenauer
Object history
The poster dates from the 1968 student and industrial unrest in Paris. The poster, issued on behalf of the P.C.F. (le Parti Communiste Français) is stamped 'Atelier Populaire' identifying it as one of the products of students of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, who turned out an estimated 120,000 posters between May and June 1968.
Summary
This poster dates from the 1968 student and industrial unrest in Paris and powerfully expresses the concerns of those times - a desire for parliamentary democracy, for freedom of speech and a hatred of right-wing politics. This screen-printed poster issued on behalf of the P.C.F. (le Parti Communiste Français) is stamped 'Atelier Populaire', identifying it as one of the products of students of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, who turned out an estimated 120,000 posters between May and June 1968.
Collection
Accession number
E.19-1999

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Record createdMarch 1, 2000
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