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Peace Is Just Understanding People - Helping Them

Poster
ca.1980 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Taurus Press of Willow Dene (printers (people))
Piech, Paul Peter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printed)

Lino-cut print poster depicting two blue figures holding hands, with the title ('Peace Is Just Understanding People - Helping Them') lettered between them in red. All against a white ground.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePeace Is Just Understanding People - Helping Them
Materials and techniques
Lino-cut print
Linoleum-Block Printing
Brief description
'Peace Is Just Understanding People - Helping Them'. Lino-cut print poster depicting two blue figures holding hands, with the title lettered between them in red. By Paul Peter Piech, Great Britain, ca.1980.
Physical description
Lino-cut print poster depicting two blue figures holding hands, with the title ('Peace Is Just Understanding People - Helping Them') lettered between them in red. All against a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.8cm
  • Width: 28.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'PEACE IS JUST UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE - HELPING THEM' (Lettered in red as part of the design)
Gallery label
(August 2019)
As a committed political campaigner, Piech made linocut posters incorporating words that expressed his humanitarian ideals and drew attention to injustice. This example, created from two blocks, is typical of the bold, expressive quality of his linocut imagery and lettering. For the latter, Piech often drew a rough guide onto the linoblock and then cut the lettering free-hand but in reverse.
Subjects depicted
Peace
Figures
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
30/G6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.49-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O548700/peace-is-just-understanding-people-poster-piech-paul-peter/
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