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Chernobyl

Poster
1986 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Ecoropa Ltd (issued)
Unknown

Four posters in once, each poster depicting the map of Europe with Chernobyl highlighted as a nuclear symbol with red arrows going out and across the rest of Europe.

Object details

Categories
Posters
Environment
Ephemera
Object type
poster
TitleChernobyl (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper (Fiber Product)
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Four Chernobyl posters in one, issued by Ecoropa (European Group for Ecological Action) as part of their anti-nuclear power campaign, 1986
Physical description
Four posters in once, each poster depicting the map of Europe with Chernobyl highlighted as a nuclear symbol with red arrows going out and across the rest of Europe.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.8cm (Note: Taken from 91/2334 Catalogue Sheet)
  • Width: 41.6cm (Note: Taken from 91/2334 Catalogue Sheet)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CHERNOBYL' (Printed at the top of each poster.)
  • 'THE EXPERTS SAID / "IT CAN'T HAPPEN" / IT DID / our turn next?' (Printed under the image of the map of the top left poster.)
  • 'CHERNOBYL IS ANY / NUCLEAR REACTOR / How far are you from your nearest time-bomb?' (Printed under the image of the map of the top right poster.)
  • 'ABSOLUTELY NO / DANGER TO THE / PUBLIC / if you believe that, you'll believe anything' (Printed under the image of the map of the bottom left poster.)
  • 'OVER 100,000 / CANCERS / FORECAST' (Printed under the image of the map of the bottom right poster.)
  • 'Stop nuclear power before if [sic] stops you. / Send stamped addressed envelope for a free booklet. / There are facts you need to know. EUOROPA, CRICKHOWELL, POWYS, NP8 1TA, WALES' (Printed at the bottom of poster.)
Object history
Exhibition: Green Images: Posters and Printed Ephemera, VAM Henry Cole Wing, 2 Feb - 25 May 1992
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from 91/2334 Acquisition Form
  • Taken from 91/2334 Catalogue Sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3059-1991

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Record createdMarch 4, 2009
Record URL
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