2010.54.5650

Mark Vallen ~ artist

No Ayuda para los contras

c. 1987

14.12 in HIGH x 8.62 in WIDE
(35.88 cm HIGH x 21.91 cm WIDE)

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

2010.54.5650

inscription: Union label for Allied printing 200 in lower right corner on both sides. In bottom right corner of image is "Vallen 87." Printed on the left side border of the image is "Design: Mark Vallen/ Shock Batallion 4521 A Van Ness Blvd., Box 121 Sherman Oaks, CA 914038 Art for a Change!"

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White paper poster with black print. Poster is double sided with the same information on both sides but the front is in Spanish and the verso in English. Text across top reads "No ayuda para los contras / No ayuda militar a El Salvador, / Guatemala y Honduras." Image in center depicts two young girls standing behind an American soldier with a gun in his hands facing away from the girls. Text beneath image includes "America central / quiere la paz / demonstracion con candelas / edificio federal en westwood / veteran y wilshire Domingo, 27 de Sept..." Along the bottom is sponsor and contact information.Translation of above text in English is "No aid to the contras / no military aid to El Salvador, / Guatemala or Honduras / Cental America / wants peace! / Candlelight Demonstration / Westwood Federal BLD. / Veteran and Wilshire Sun. Sept. 27 6:00P.M."

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