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Vote

Poster
c. 1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster similar to Rostgaard’s unfolding Nixon as a vampire (E.454-2018). This poster also shows a US president, Lyndon B. Johnson, revealed within a heart shape when the top quarter of the sheet is folded. The heart is coming out of the head of a man in a pinstripe suit with moustache, intended to represent a generic Puerto Rican politician. The poster is a critique of the influence of the American government on local elections and politics in Puerto Rico.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVote (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph poster
Brief description
Poster by Alfredo Rostgaard for OSPAAAL entitled 'Vote', or 'Vote Down the Road to Treason'. Cuba, late 1960s.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster similar to Rostgaard’s unfolding Nixon as a vampire (E.454-2018). This poster also shows a US president, Lyndon B. Johnson, revealed within a heart shape when the top quarter of the sheet is folded. The heart is coming out of the head of a man in a pinstripe suit with moustache, intended to represent a generic Puerto Rican politician. The poster is a critique of the influence of the American government on local elections and politics in Puerto Rico.
Credit line
Given by Martin Bailey
Collection
Accession number
E.339-2021

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2021
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