Self support- Fire!
Poster
1989 (published)
1989 (published)
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Poster depicting an office with crenellated sections like a fortress, lettered 'Ministry' at the top. Rolls of paper are produced in the building and fed through to groups of people on the ramparts who fire them towards the word 'ХОЗРАСЧET' (Calculation?). The text roughly translates as 'Private enterprise...Done without government help/self supporting', and 'The authoritative style demands new targets, though private enterprise goes against the grain. The present commanding style has set new targets but self support has not succeeded...Self Support - Fire!'.
Object details
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| Title | Self support- Fire! |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster by the Battling Pencil group from a portfolio of 24 entitled 'Perestroika For and Against'. Russia, 1989. |
| Physical description | Poster depicting an office with crenellated sections like a fortress, lettered 'Ministry' at the top. Rolls of paper are produced in the building and fed through to groups of people on the ramparts who fire them towards the word 'ХОЗРАСЧET' (Calculation?). The text roughly translates as 'Private enterprise...Done without government help/self supporting', and 'The authoritative style demands new targets, though private enterprise goes against the grain. The present commanding style has set new targets but self support has not succeeded...Self Support - Fire!'. |
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| Credit line | Given by Peggy Vance |
| Production | Attribution note: published in a print run of 5,000 |
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| Accession number | E.380-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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