Sixth Annual Fourth of July Smoke-In
Poster
1975 (made)
1975 (made)
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Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) and Paul Krassner (born 1932) co-founded the Yippies (Youth International Party) in 1967 with the aim of defending civil liberties while promoting alternative values. They modelled their group loosely on the aims of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which promoted equal rights and peace. Yippie activism involved promoting counter-culture movements, including drug use.
The illustrator Bramley's style appropriates that of the counter-culture comics characters the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968.
The illustrator Bramley's style appropriates that of the counter-culture comics characters the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968.
Object details
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| Title | Sixth Annual Fourth of July Smoke-In (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Sixth Annual Fourth of July Smoke-In" pro-marijuana poster by P. Bramley, published by Yippie. United States, 1975. |
| Physical description | Full colour illustration of cartoon characters (Smokey the Bear, a pioneer (Daniel Boone?), and American forefathers Thomas Jefferson and George Washington) getting high on marijuana. |
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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 | Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) and Paul Krassner (born 1932) co-founded the Yippies (Youth International Party) in 1967 with the aim of defending civil liberties while promoting alternative values. They modelled their group loosely on the aims of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which promoted equal rights and peace. Yippie activism involved promoting counter-culture movements, including drug use. The illustrator Bramley's style appropriates that of the counter-culture comics characters the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968. |
| Other number | LS.1139 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.326-2004 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2004 |
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