Vermine Fasciste. Action Civique

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Artist/Maker	Atelier Populaire (artists)
Place of origin	Paris (Designed and printed)

The Gaullist government formed the CDR (Committee for the Defence of the Republic) in the Summer of 1968. Part of its activites involved appealing the public to serve as political informants. This poster equates the government's calls for "civic action" with underhanded, Fascist tactics. The government and its policies are embodied as an overgrown rat.

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Categories	Prints Politics Posters
Object type	Poster
Titles	Vermine Fasciste. Action Civique (assigned by artist) Fascist Vermin. Civic Action (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph on paper Paper Ink Lithography
Brief description	"Vermine Fasciste. Action Civique." Atelier Populaire student protest poster published at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. France, 1968.
Physical description	Black and white poster with an illustration of a large rat.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 900mm Sheet width: 560mm
Marks and inscriptions	VERMINE FASCISTE/ action civique
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
Production	produced by the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Subjects depicted	Protest Politics Activism Agitprop Rat
Summary	The Gaullist government formed the CDR (Committee for the Defence of the Republic) in the Summer of 1968. Part of its activites involved appealing the public to serve as political informants. This poster equates the government's calls for "civic action" with underhanded, Fascist tactics. The government and its policies are embodied as an overgrown rat.
Bibliographic references	'Prop Art' by Gary Yanker. New York: Darien House. 1972. plate 604, page 158. 'Texts and Posters by Atelier Populaire: Posters from the Revolution - Paris, May 1968.
Other number	LS.1368 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.132-2004

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Record created	August 13, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102083/vermine-fasciste-action-civique-poster-atelier-populaire/

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