Earth Day 22 April 1970
Poster
1970 (published)
1970 (published)
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| Place of origin |
The first Earth Day was called in 1970 to promote environmental activism in the USA. Robert Rauschenberg's powerful design combines a photographic catalogue of environmental abuse with the supreme symbol of the USA, the eagle.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Earth Day 22 April 1970 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster by Robert Rauschenberg, 'Earth Day 22 April 1970', colour lithograph, USA, 1970 |
| Physical description | Portrait format poster. Montage of nine photographic images of environmental abuse forming backdrop to a central photographic image of the American eagle. Images on the margin printed in black and white, the eagle in brown and black. Captioned at bottom and with Rauschenberg's signature |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Rauschenberg 70' (Signature; date; centre bottom margin) |
| Credit line | Given by Gemini G.E.L. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Summary | The first Earth Day was called in 1970 to promote environmental activism in the USA. Robert Rauschenberg's powerful design combines a photographic catalogue of environmental abuse with the supreme symbol of the USA, the eagle. |
| Associated object | E.146-2004 (Duplicate) |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3035-1991 |
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| Record created | March 12, 2003 |
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