2010.54.967

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Viva! Carlos Cortez: A Steady Wobbly: Presente!
2006
17.75 in HIGH x 15.875 in WIDE
(45.08 cm HIGH x 40.32 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.967

Bottom right corner in pencil, "Tomas Belsky." Next to the signature is a black thumbprint.
Bottom edge has "Cris & Gordon - Aloha y felicidades, Tomas" handwritten in pencil. Right edge has a black stamp for Belsky website.





Poster has a large white border with a black and red image in the center. There is a man with a hat and long moustache and glasses in black and white. Behind him is a red background. Around the man is "Viva! Carlos Cortez/ A Steady Wobbly/ Presente!" Under the center image is "Draftees of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your generals." The right area of the image has a red circle logo with "WIN" and white stars. Carlos Cortez (1923-2005) was a prolific activist Chicago Chicano printmaker and cartoonist. He was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, also known as the Wobblies). He went to prison during WWII rather than fight other workers. [LMC]
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