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Vietnam: A Year of Peace

Poster
1976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Friendshipment, New York (publishers)
Place of origin
United States (made)

This poster comemorates the first anniversary of peace 30 April, 1976 following the Vietnam War. Ideas of hope and renewal are combined in this poster through the image of the lotus and its accompanying proverb.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleVietnam: A Year of Peace (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Paper and ink
Paper
Ink
Brief description
Vietnam: A Year of Peace. White lotus flower poster. United States, 1967.
Physical description
White lotus flower on green ground, surrounded by text.
Marks and inscriptions
  • In the pond/ nothing is more beautiful/ than the lotus/ The leaves are green/ the flowers white/ the center yellow/ Rising out of the mud/ its fragrance beautiful/ (Vietnamese proverb) (three-quarters down the sheet, right hand side)
  • Vietnam:/ A Year of Peace/ A Time to Rebuild (upper margin)
  • April 30, 1976 The first anniversary of peace in Viet Nam/ a time to call for reconstruction, amnesty and recognition/ of one Viet Nam./ FRIENDSHIPMENT 235 East 49th St. N.Y., N.Y. 10017 (lower margin)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Propaganda
Peace
Politics
Lotus
Lotus Flowers
Vietnam War
Places depicted
Vietnam
United States
Summary
This poster comemorates the first anniversary of peace 30 April, 1976 following the Vietnam War. Ideas of hope and renewal are combined in this poster through the image of the lotus and its accompanying proverb.
Associated object
E.1448-2004 (Duplicate)
Other number
LS.1102 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1449-2004

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Record createdJuly 29, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102022/vietnam-a-year-of-peace-poster-friendshipment-new-york/
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