Poster
1990 (made)
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Kompetent - SPD. [Competent - SPD]. Handbill issued by the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [Social-democratic Party of Germany] for the East German elections of 6 May 1990, with text promoting the SPD, and featuring on the verso a cartoon satirising the SED- PDS, the leading party of the communist bloc regime, the cartoon signed and dated F.L. '90.'
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Letterpress pronted in red and black with line block on the verso |
| Brief description | Kompetent - SPD. [Competent - SPD]. Handbill issued by the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [Social-democratic Party of Germany] for the East German elections of 6 May 1990, with text promoting the SPD, and featuring on the verso a cartoon satirising the SED- PDS, the leading party of the communist bloc regime, the cartoon signed and dated F.L. '90.' |
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| Object history | This object is part of a group of graphics inspired by the pro-democracy movement in East Germany in 1989 and 1990, which saw popular demonstrations result in the overthrow of the Communist government, led by Egon Krenz, culminatinng in the free elections of 18 March 1990. All the material, which covers a wide range of the political parties and movements that took part in these events, was gathered by V&A Curator Margaret Timmers in East Berlin in the week preceding these elections. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2053-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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