work on paper

Beware
Late 20th century

Poster consists of black print on white paper. Image on right side of a police officer in full uniform and the caption "Typical Gang Member" across his legs. Text reads "Beware / Armed bands are...

Crash the convention
c. 2008

Poster consists of black and red print on white paper. Image depicts a fighter jet airplane dropping four bombs labeled "RNC" over the skyline of a city that appears to be Saint Paul, Minnesota....

untitled (portrait of Vladimir Lenin)
c. 1930s

Poster consists of a color image printed on light brown/cream colored paper. Image in center is a portrait originally made from an etching, depicts Vladimir Lenin wearing a coat and tie. In the...

System failure
Late 20th century

Poster consists of black print on white paper. Image of three African-American males being arrested by two police officers in front of a storefront gate. Text reads "System / Failure / Capitalism...

Health care is a human right!
c. 1995

Poster consists of green, blue, red, black and purple print on white paper. Text at the top of the poster reads "August 20th 1995 / San Francisco." Image depicts a crowd of protestors of all ages...

Urban wilds
Late 20th century

Poster consists of black print on white paper. Image depicts a large tree from the roots to the leaves surrounded by the sidewalk, buildings, and cement of the city it inhabits. Text reads "Urban...

Alternate vision
Late 20th century

Poster consists of black print on a cream colored paper. Image at the top depicts multiple film reels and film in a pile with eyeglasses in the forefront and the text "Alternate Vision." Text...

Circa 1985

Poster has a hot pink background with magenta text. Main image is of a building front with banners across the entrance that read, "Free South Africa - Divest Now/ End U.S. Support for...

America's democracy
c. 2006

Poster consists of a black background with red, green, blue and gold print on white paper. Image depicts an American flag with the stars replaced with dollar signs and a human hand at the bottom...

New clear energy
Late 20th century

Screen print poster with black, yellow, green, blue, and red print on white paper. Text at the top reads "New Clear Energy." Image depicts asian styled dwellings with solar panels on their roofs...

National medical marijuana action week
c. 2004

Text at the top of the poster reads "National Medical Marijuana / Action Week / February 15-23, 2004." Image depicts the statue of liberty standing behind a medical professional, an elderly man...

Widerstand in den USA
Late 20th century

Poster consists of green and black print and German text. Text at the top reads "Widerstand / in den USA." Image depicts an American Indian with a rifle in his hand. Text in bottom right rectangle...

Scissor sisters
c. 2006
Tune in turn on drop out
Late 20th century

Poster consists of orange and black print on yellow paper. Text at the top reads "Tune In / Turn On / Drop Out." Image depicts concentric circles with a lotus like flower at the bottom. The center...

Santa Cruz industrial hemp expo
c. 1999

Top left corner of poster has a rectangle with "Santa Cruz / Industiral / Hemp Expo 99" and a logo of a hemp leaf inside a gear/cog. Text in top right of poster reads "www.cruzexpo.com / 831.425....

California Hall
c. 1967

Poster consists of purple and brown/gray print on cream colored paper. Psychedelic style rock poster. Image depicts nude human bodies with flowers emerging from them and smaller nude human...

Put a face on global warming and forest destruction
Early 21st Century

Poster consists of black print on white paper. Text at top reads "Put a face / on Global Warming / and Forest Destruction." Under that are three portraits with captions under them; "James...

The doors
c. 1967

Poster consists of green, red, blue and black print. Text at the top reads "Avalon Ballroom, Mar 3 Fri and 4 Sat / Sutter at Van Ness, San Francico, lights, van meter and hillyard / Counrty Joe...

untitled (grim reaper)
1990

Black and white poster has the mountain and barren trees in the background with a grim reaper figure in the foreground made of different materials. The arm is made of machinery and it is clutching...

Keep off the grass
c. 1970

Sepia colored poster depicitng a marijuana joint with a wooden sign stuck in the middle of it with the text "Keep Off The Grass." Text in top right corner reads "DoD P-62A/DA Poster 360-122 / U.S...

Beyond fast food nation
c. 2002

Poster consists of a full color image with white, yellow and pink text on a black background. Image in center depicts a hamburger with a 6 headed cow instead of a meat patty. Text includes Mother...

How to send a friend to jail
c. 1989

Poster consists of black print on a white background. Image depicts two men sitting on a couch, one of them smoking, with a coffee table in front of them filled wiht drug paraphenilia. Text...

Health is power
Late 20th century

Poster consists of red, yellow and black print on a white background. Text reads "Health is Power / Salud es Poder / For community control of your health, contact Health is Power Committee, P.O....

Fallas del sistema
Late 20th century

Poster consists of black print on white paper. Printed in both Spanish and English around the border of the poster is "Music for the resistance / Where injustice becomes law, resistence becomes a...

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