Poster
ca. 1975-1976 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Grapus was a Left-wing alliance of poster designers established in France in 1970. The group's three founders met at the Atelier Populaire, an anarchistic student workshop, in 1968, the year of major student unrest in France and - to a lesser degree - elsewhere in Europe. Grapus was opposed to 'the sweet poison of advertising', and until 1977 chose to work for Left-wing clients, such as the Confédération General du Travail. This simple poster combines a Vietcong flag with the smiling face of a Vietnamese girl. It was probably produced to celebrate the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Colour screenprint |
| Brief description | Poster by Grapus.The Vietcong Flag |
| Physical description | landscape format poster printed in blue red and yellow. The Vietcong flag ( red half above, blue half below, yellow star in centre) with girl's smiling face in star. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | Grapus (Signature; screen print) |
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| Summary | Grapus was a Left-wing alliance of poster designers established in France in 1970. The group's three founders met at the Atelier Populaire, an anarchistic student workshop, in 1968, the year of major student unrest in France and - to a lesser degree - elsewhere in Europe. Grapus was opposed to 'the sweet poison of advertising', and until 1977 chose to work for Left-wing clients, such as the Confédération General du Travail. This simple poster combines a Vietcong flag with the smiling face of a Vietnamese girl. It was probably produced to celebrate the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1585-1979 |
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| Record created | March 12, 2003 |
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