Soweto
Poster
ca.1976 (made)
ca.1976 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Colour lino-cut print poster, the design showing a dark-skinned figure on the left, with a pool of red apparently emanating from their back, trickling into forming the word 'Soweto'.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Soweto |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lino-cut |
| Brief description | 'Soweto'. Colour lino-cut print poster protesting about the treatment of Black South Africans in Soweto. Designed by Paul Peter Piech, Great Britain, ca.1976. |
| Physical description | Colour lino-cut print poster, the design showing a dark-skinned figure on the left, with a pool of red apparently emanating from their back, trickling into forming the word 'Soweto'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'SOWETO' (Lettered as part of the design) |
| Object history | This poster was designed in protest at the treatment of Black South Africans in Soweto. |
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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/F12 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.280-1980 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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