2010.54.3955

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The Poetry Center presents: Fernando Alegria/ Michael McClure
The Poetry Center presents: Fernando Alegria/ Michael McClure
1973
22.00 in HIGH x 13.00 in WIDE
(55.88 cm HIGH x 33.02 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.3955

Bottom right below image notes it is an AP Wirephoto.





Poster has a yellow background with dark blue text. In the center is an image of three Chilean soldiers burning books and posters. The poster reads, "The Poetry Center presents Fernando Alegria/ Chilean poet & novelist/ Michael McClure/ American poet & playwright/ Wednesday Oct. 10/ 7:30 P.M." On the "poster" the soldier is holding it has information for SF Museum of Art and reads, "Proceeds to the Chilean Support Project in cooperation with non-intervention in Chile." The bottom text reads, "Chilean soldiers yesterday burned books and posters that they deemed 'subversive'."
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