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Earth Day 22 April 1970

Poster
1970 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The first Earth Day was called in 1970 to promote environmental activism in the USA. Robert Rauschenberg's powerful design combines a photographic catalogue of environmental abuse with the supreme symbol of the USA, the eagle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEarth Day 22 April 1970 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
Poster by Robert Rauschenberg, 'Earth Day 22 April 1970', colour lithograph, USA, 1970
Physical description
Portrait format poster. Montage of nine photographic images of environmental abuse forming backdrop to a central photographic image of the American eagle. Images on the margin printed in black and white, the eagle in brown and black. Captioned at bottom and with Rauschenberg's signature
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 856mm
  • Sheet width: 642mm
Style
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'Rauschenberg 70' (Signature; date; centre bottom margin)
Credit line
Given by Gemini G.E.L.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Subjects depicted
Summary
The first Earth Day was called in 1970 to promote environmental activism in the USA. Robert Rauschenberg's powerful design combines a photographic catalogue of environmental abuse with the supreme symbol of the USA, the eagle.
Associated object
E.146-2004 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Accession number
E.3035-1991

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Record createdMarch 12, 2003
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