2010.54.2948
The Greatest Show on Earth? The Commodity Fetish
1972
29.50 in HIGH x 20.00 in WIDE
(74.93 cm HIGH x 50.80 cm WIDE)
(74.93 cm HIGH x 50.80 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.2948
Bottom edge under image has "7/50 Serigraph Praxis Posters" handwritten in pencil
Poster has a purple background with white text. In the center is a window that is outlined in turquoise with two signs on either side. The signs read, "The Mechanics of Everyday Life." Behind the window is a crowd of people that appear as a negative print in gray and purple. In the center is a large machine that has arms reaching out of it holding telephones, books, bills, marriage contract, and taxes. Poster reads at the top and bottom "The greatest show on earth?/ The Commodity Fetish."

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