2010.54.2920

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Emory Douglas

Afro-American Solidarity with the Oppressed People of the World

poster
work on paper

1969

offset lithograph
paper

22.75 in HIGH x 14.88 in WIDE
(57.78 cm HIGH x 37.78 cm WIDE)

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

2010.54.2920

inscription: Lower left corner has: "Revolutionary art by / Minister of Culture / Emory". Bottom edge center has a Black Panther logo. The lower right corner has the text: "Ministry Of Information / P.O. Box 2967, Custom House / San Francisco, CA 94126". Lower right corner of drawing has: "Emory '69'"

Tag words:

african american
black panthers
figure ~ female
gun
spear

poster
work on paper

Art
History

african american
ethnicity and race

The poster has a large stylized drawing of a female figure. Shown from the waist up she is holding spear and has a rifle slung over her shoulder. The figure is clothed in purple and gray with an orange ascot around her neck. The upper right corner of the poster has the text: "Afro-American solidarity / with the oppressed / People of the world".

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