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Péter Pócs' First Exhibition in France

Poster
1988 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster, made in Hungary, in 1988, commemorates Péter Pócs’s first exhibition in France. The still life of outmoded tools and discredited symbols is a metaphor for the inevitable crumbling of the Communist regime in Hungary.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Péter Pócs' First Exhibition in France
  • Pro-democracy Poster Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph printed on paper
Brief description
1er Expo en France de Péter Pócs (Péter Pócs's First Exhibition in France). Hungary, 1988. Photographed by László Haris.
Physical description
Poster
Dimensions
  • Height: 98cm
  • Width: 68cm
Credit line
Given by Mücsarnok, Budapest, through Krisztina Jerger.
Subject depicted
Summary
This poster, made in Hungary, in 1988, commemorates Péter Pócs’s first exhibition in France. The still life of outmoded tools and discredited symbols is a metaphor for the inevitable crumbling of the Communist regime in Hungary.
Collection
Accession number
E.149-1991

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Record createdMarch 12, 2003
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