2010.54.4838

Malvina Reynolds 1900 - 1978
1978
23.88 in HIGH x 18.88 in WIDE
(60.64 cm HIGH x 47.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.4838

Bottom edge right has: "Illustrated by Keith Criss after a photograph by Alejandro Stuart; design and typography by Ann Flanagan" and a GAU union label. Drawing has: "K. Criss (c) '78".

Poster has a beige background overall. Top edge of poster has text in black: "Malvina Reynolds / 1900 / 1978". The center of the poster has a circular reproduction of a drawing of a female figure with white hair smiling and playing the guitar. There is a ring of text around the edge of the drawing: "Celebrate my death for the good times I've had, For the work that I've done and the friends that I've made, Celebrate my death, of whom it may be said, 'She was a working class woman, and a red.' :: My man was the best, a comrade and a friend, Fighting on the good side to the very end, My child was a darling, strong and fine, And all the world's children were mine. :: Wake for a Singer ::". The bottom of the poster has the text: "Musical Celebration with Friends of Malvina Reynolds / Produced by Gary Pernell and Barbara Price / Margie Adam Ray Bierl Steve Goodman / Gary Lapow Country Joe McDonald / Pete Seeger Janet Smith Rosalie Sorrels / Benefit for Woman Against Rape, People Against nuclear Power, National Committee Against Repressive legislation, Infact (Nestl? Boycott) / Berkeley Community Theater May 18, 1978 8:00 p.m. Information: 843-2365. Childcare provided. / Tickets: $4.00 at all BASS outlets.".
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