Marcus Garvey

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Artist/Maker	U-Print Collective (printer) Chambers, Eddie (designer) Sky, Phillip (printer)
Place of origin	Cardiff (made)

Portrait poster featuring sixteen separate panels, which are repeats of sets of three. one is a black and white photograph of Marcus Garvey against a red background. This is followed by a mask against a yellow background. In turn this is followed by a green panel, with black symbols. There is a quote of marcus garvey's running through the whole poster, in black text on white.

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Categories	Posters Prints Caribbean
Object type	Poster
Title	Marcus Garvey (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Stencil, printing, paper, plastic laminate Plastic Laminate Paper Stencilling Printing
Brief description	Poster, designed by Eddie Chambers and printed by Phillip Sky with U-Print, Cardiff, 1987.
Physical description	Portrait poster featuring sixteen separate panels, which are repeats of sets of three. one is a black and white photograph of Marcus Garvey against a red background. This is followed by a mask against a yellow background. In turn this is followed by a green panel, with black symbols. There is a quote of marcus garvey's running through the whole poster, in black text on white.
Dimensions	Height: 77.9cm Width: 53cm Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions	THE WORLD TODAY IS INDEBTED / TO US FOR THE BENEFITS OF / CIVILISATION. MARCUS GARVEY
Credit line	Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop.
Object history	Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Bibliographic reference	From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.600-2013

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Record created	November 20, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1275045/marcus-garvey-poster-chambers-eddie/

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