November 17, 1989 - National Street in Prague.
Poster
1989 (photographed), 1989 (printed)
1989 (photographed), 1989 (printed)
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Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Offset lithograph printed on paper |
| Brief description | Poster presenting the enlarged detail of a head injury, taken from a photograph of riot police restraining a demonstrator, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia, 1989. |
| Physical description | Poster publicising police violence against people participating in street demonstrations through an image reproduced from an enlarged photograph showing two riot police wearing white helmets and carrying batons. They are manhandling an injured man who shows evidence of a head injury. |
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| Credit line | Given by Zdenek Kavan |
| Production | Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia |
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| Summary | Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia |
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| Accession number | E.29-1991 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2006 |
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