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Civic Forum - What We Want: a legal state, prosperity, free elections, a return to Europe, social justice, a chance for nature, an educated nation.

Poster
1989 (designed and printed), 1989 (photography)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Civic Forum - What We Want: a legal state, prosperity, free elections, a return to Europe, social justice, a chance for nature, an educated nation. (generic title)
  • Pro-democracy Poster Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph printed on paper
Brief description
Poster promoting Civic Forum through a photograph of crowds massed on Letna Plain; designed, published and printed in former Czechoslovakia, 1989.
Physical description
Poster promoting Civic Forum through a photographic image of one of the mass demonstrations held on Prague's Letná Plán in November 1989. The view from behind shows the crowd raising their hands and making the 'V' for victory sign.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 58.8cm
  • Maximum width: 83.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • © MELANTRICH, PRINT POLYGRAFIA, SDR.P.
  • PHOTO © VOJTISEK, 1989
  • TYPO © PEJCOCH, MALOUN, HOFFMEISTER, JIRANEK
Credit line
Given by Zdenek Kavan
Production
Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia

Reason For Production: Commemorative
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia
Collection
Accession number
E.13-1991

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Record createdJanuary 18, 2006
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