It takes up to 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat.
Poster
1986-1987 (published)
1986-1987 (published)
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| Place of origin |
This hard-hitting poster was originally issued by the environmental campaigning group Greenpeace in 1984, in protest against the fur trade. It generated much controversy, not least from those who detected a trace of sexism in it.
Object details
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| Title | It takes up to 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Anti fur poster, photography by David Bailey for Lynx, United Kingdom, 1986-7 |
| Physical description | Landscape format poster printed in red and black on white ground. To right of image lower half of woman wearing short black skirt, tights and high heeled shoes, dragging behind her a fur coat this in turn has left a broad trail of red blood in its wake. Captioned both above this 'trail' and below the female figure. |
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| Production type | Proof |
| Marks and inscriptions | Lynx. Fighting the fur trade. Visit the Lynx Shop at 79 Long Acre, London WC2. PO Box 509 Dunmow Essex. Te:0371 2016 (Distributor's identification; lower right corner; offset lithography) |
| Object history | RF number is 1991/2338. Displayed in 'Green Images: Posters and Printed Ephemera' (February - May 1992). |
| Production | the title line continues 'But only one to wear it.' |
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| Summary | This hard-hitting poster was originally issued by the environmental campaigning group Greenpeace in 1984, in protest against the fur trade. It generated much controversy, not least from those who detected a trace of sexism in it. |
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| Accession number | E.3041-1991 |
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| Record created | March 8, 2003 |
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