Handwriting/ On The Wall #4
Poster
1968 (made)
1968 (made)
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a radical political student organisation active in America during the 1960s and early '70s. It advocated 'participatory democracy', arguing that the American political system was only a democracy in name.
This poster, a "wall newspaper", would have been posted on American city streets by members of the SDS as a means of circulating their political agenda. This one, the fourth in a series, decried what it felt to be the ineffectiveness of the American government. It was made following the August 1968 Democratic National Convention Week held in Chicago, where many demonstrators were injured by police.
This poster, a "wall newspaper", would have been posted on American city streets by members of the SDS as a means of circulating their political agenda. This one, the fourth in a series, decried what it felt to be the ineffectiveness of the American government. It was made following the August 1968 Democratic National Convention Week held in Chicago, where many demonstrators were injured by police.
Object details
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| Title | Handwriting/ On The Wall #4 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Double-sided "wall newspaper" text poster issued by SDS, United States. ca. 1970. A Yale University student activist poster |
| Physical description | Double-sided black and white "wall newspaper" poster. Recto: "HANDWRITING" with image of a pig marked for the slaughter. Verso: "ON THE WALL #4" with small black and white image in upper right corner of a guard standing before a prison yard fenced off in barbed wire. A sign within the illustration reads "UNITED STATES PRISON/ CAMP No 536219/ Est. 1970" |
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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 |
| Production | Distributed and posted at New York University on 2 November 1968 |
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| Summary | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a radical political student organisation active in America during the 1960s and early '70s. It advocated 'participatory democracy', arguing that the American political system was only a democracy in name. This poster, a "wall newspaper", would have been posted on American city streets by members of the SDS as a means of circulating their political agenda. This one, the fourth in a series, decried what it felt to be the ineffectiveness of the American government. It was made following the August 1968 Democratic National Convention Week held in Chicago, where many demonstrators were injured by police. |
| Other number | LS.1087 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.307-2004 |
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| Record created | August 17, 2004 |
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