2010.54.4319

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The Caldron San Francisco
The Caldron San Francisco
c. 1982
17.00 in HIGH x 14.00 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 35.56 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.4319

Printed signature in drawing, lower right: "A. JAY"





Poster printed in black ink on off-white paper and shows a reproduction of a drawing with two muscular nude men sitting close together. The man on the left is wearing socks and has his arm draped across the other man's shoulder. Each man has their left nipple pierced, and the piercings of the men are linked together by one chain. Both men are shown wearing condoms on their erect penises. "The Caldron San Francisco" is printed at upper right.This was a gay sex club at 953 Natoma Street, started by two members of the San Francisco Gay Men?s Chorus around 1979 and closing around 1985. Note the condoms on the men, an Early public health message in the club scene during the hight of the AIDS epidemic. [LMC]
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