satire

America Hurrah: Committee Theater
c. 1970

Poster has a black background with white, black, and red text. At the top is an image of an eagle wearing what looks like a brassiere in the colors of the American flag. Poster reads, " America...

Liberty Leading the People - 1984
1984

Poster is printed overall with a reproduction of a painting that strongly resembles the painting by Eugene Delacroix titled "Liberty Leading The People". At right there is a female figure with...

Male Chauvinist Pigs need love, too.
1975

Poster is printed on cardboard and has an all over black and white photograph of a pig. The top has yellow text. It reads, "male Chauvinist Pigs need love, too."

Cowdykes at the Lavender Corral
c. 1979

Poster has a brown background with black and lavender text. In the center is a photograph of a woman wearing a cowboy hat and pointing a gun at the camera. Poster reads, "Le Theatre Lesbien...

untitled (Richard Nixon parody)
c. 1971

Poster has a black outlined drawing of Richard Nixon's head. His cheeks appear as buttocks, his mouth an anus, and below are two testicles hanging.

National Draft Card Turn-In Day
1968

Poster has an eagle with a shield at the top center. Below is "Federal Sweepstakes" in large black lettering. Bottom edge has "National Draft Card Turn-In Day May 1st JFK Plaza 16th & JFK 4:00...

If you want more out of life than living...
c. 1970

Poster has an image of Uncle Sam in the center wearing a suit with a money print on it. Poster reads in large black lettering, If you want more ouf of life than living...I want you for U.S. Army."...

Pitschel Players Present : Lyndon's Banes
1967

The top of the poster has a drawing reminiscent of the seal of the United States of America, with an eagle holding in its talons a branch and a bundle of arrows with an eagle head stuck on the...

Stop them! The can't stop themselves
1971

Poster has a black and white drawing of several men in uniforms placing bombs on targets on a map. Below reads, "Stop Them!/ they can't stop themselves/ March on Washington - San Francisco Aprtil...

FRaid Anti Immigrant Border Spray
1994

Poster is in black and white and depicts a satirical advertisement for, "FRaid Anti Immigrant Border Spray." The main image is of a politician in a suit with an, "187 for me," button holding a can...

On Tour Our Lady of the Tortilla
1991

Poster has a white background with orange geometric shapes overall. The upper left corner has text in black: "TheatreTeatro / A Program of the Billingual Foundation of the Arts / On Tour. Upper...

1985

This poster has a central black and white image of a riot with people being beaten inside a thin, red border. Above the image, large, black and red text reads "Visit / South Africa / In The...

It's Simple Steve, Why Don't You and Your Boys Just Get the Fuck out of El Salvador!
c. 1980

Poster printed in black over pink ink on white paper. A man appears in the foreground at right, and a woman is visible in the near distance at left. A speech bubble coming from the woman's mouth...

A Kinder, Gentler Nation?
1988

Poster contains a black and white photograph where soldiers with rifles are standing along a city street. One soldier stands on a sidewalk in the foreground along the right side of the page....

The Ollie North (Iran - Contra Scam) Official Dart Board
1987

The top of the poster has the text: "The Ollie North / (Iran - Contra Scam) / Official Dart Board". Below this text the poster has two red darts, several instances of small lines of text or quotes...

Humanitarian aid to Contras?
1985

Multi-color poster printed on white paper shows a three-legged figure in a landscape with red ground and a blue sky. The figure's body is yellow and it has a long brown tail. "CIA" is printed...

La Gran Aventura De Pee Wee [Pee Wee's Great Adventure]
c. 1986

Poster has a black background with white text and iamge. On the left is an image of a baby's body with large boxing gloves on. Where the baby's head is a man's head. Poster reads, "La Gran...

A Kinder Gentler Nation?
c. 1989

Poster has a background photograph of a street with a line of people laying face down in it. On either side are soldiers hodling large guns. Poster has red text and reads, "A kinder gentler nation...

"Bring 'em on!"
c. 2003

Poster has a large black border around an image in the center. The image depicts several caskets with United States flags draped over them. On the sides are soldiers bowing their heads and in the...

Join the Army
c. 1970

Poster is long rectangular shaped with a black background and white text. Poster reads, "Join the Army; travel to exotic, distant lands; meet exciting, unusual people and kill them."

1982

Poster has a large black circle that is cut in half by a pink a line. Below reads, "Fiftieth National Bourgeois Art Exhibit/ From the personal collection of the Fortune 500, a display of...

San Francisco Mime Troupe Free In The Parks Ripped Van Winkle
1988

Multi-color poster shows a man with long hair and a beard in purple and blue at center on the page. The man has a third eye on his forehead, and he holds both hands up to the sides of his head....

California The Cornucopia Of The World
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster has a green background with a stylized blue border. The top of the poster has stylized text in red black yellow and orange: "California / The Cornucopia / Of / The / World". The center of...

Democracy : We Deliver
1993

Poster has a black and white photograph in the center of an airplane dropping bombs over a cloudy sky. The top and bottom edge has large white lettering on a black background. It reads, "Democracy...

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