America Open Your Eyes
Poster
1973 (designed), 1973 (issued)
1973 (designed), 1973 (issued)
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Linocut poster depicting part of a human face with large eyes, printed in black against a white ground. The iris of each eye is black with 'NIXON' written across it in white, the 'X' replaced with a swastika. Above the image, taking up the top-half of the sheet, the text 'AMERICA OPEN YOUR EYES' is lettered in red.
Object details
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| Title | America Open Your Eyes (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour linocut printed poster |
| Brief description | 'America Open Your Eyes'. Linocut poster, printed in black and red on a white ground, issued in protest against Richard Nixon. Designed by Peter Paul Piech, Great Britain, 1973. |
| Physical description | Linocut poster depicting part of a human face with large eyes, printed in black against a white ground. The iris of each eye is black with 'NIXON' written across it in white, the 'X' replaced with a swastika. Above the image, taking up the top-half of the sheet, the text 'AMERICA OPEN YOUR EYES' is lettered in red. |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | This poster was designed and issued in protest against the U.S. President Richard Nixon. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1 |
| Other number | 30/F3 |
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| Accession number | E.759-1986 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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