Travailleurs Unis (Workers Unite)
Poster
1968 (Designed and printed)
1968 (Designed and printed)
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During the general strike against de Gaulle's government (May-June 1968) students of the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts occupied their own buildings and set up a poster press. Named Atelier Populaire, it put out an estimated 120,000 posters from 300 different designs in support of the uprising. Most were printed by cheap and 'home-made' silkscreen processes, some were lithographs. The operation was highly organised and democratic, with slogans and designs selected by assemblies and committees.
Object details
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| Title | Travailleurs Unis (Workers Unite) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Paper and ink |
| Brief description | Workers' unity poster produced by Atelier Populaire. France, 1968. |
| Physical description | Illustration of a white figure, representing the French, and a black figure, representing the immigrant population, linked arm in arm. A small, stout figure wearing a hat tries to separate them. |
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| 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 |
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| Summary | During the general strike against de Gaulle's government (May-June 1968) students of the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts occupied their own buildings and set up a poster press. Named Atelier Populaire, it put out an estimated 120,000 posters from 300 different designs in support of the uprising. Most were printed by cheap and 'home-made' silkscreen processes, some were lithographs. The operation was highly organised and democratic, with slogans and designs selected by assemblies and committees. |
| Other number | LS.1377 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.794-2004 |
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| Record created | August 16, 2004 |
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