human figure

Untitled (Human body sampler)
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster is an image of a stitched sampler of a human body set against a white, textured background. The body is an outline filled with shapes and designs in various colors. The designs mimic...

The land belongs to those who work it
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster is an image of a small plant growing in a field of dirt and people picking plants in the background. White text at the bottom of the page reads "The land belongs to those who work it"...

Fight Evictions
1977

Poster has a central stylized color image of the San Francisco skyline in green with a red building int he front being demolished by a wrecking ball. The red building is on fire, with smoke...

Untitled
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster features an illustration of a person hugging a heart. The left background of the poster is black and the right is white. "''Not in Our Name''" is in white text in the bottom left and "...

1969

This poster features an image of a red human figure holding one fist up and leaning over. There is a jagged purple background behind. Purple and red text to the right reads "You Can'...

You Can't Jail The Revolution
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster features an image of a red human figure holding one fist up and leaning over. There is a jagged purple background behind. Purple and red text to the right reads "You Can''t Jail / The...

Caution: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health.
1975

This poster features a photograph of a person walked through a cloud of smoke or steam. The person wears a hat and carries a bag. "Caution: Breathing May Be / Hazardous to Your Health." is at the...

1979

Poster has a red, central image of the African continent. A figure has his hands on both sides of the continent, lifiting himself out of South Africa.

untitled (Africa and face)
1971

Poster has a black printed background with a red and green image of Africa at the center showing the profile of a figure.

Vietman
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster features an image of a person wearing wide, cone-shaped hat, carrying a rifle on their back, and leaning over with a shovel in front. There is a large silhouette of the figure filling...

Poster has a stylized illustration of a figure''s profile above a bird with flowers, leaves and graphic designs behind them. At the bottom of the poster is "for youth and the future...

Poster has a black printed background with a stylized image in shades of brown showing a figure in glasses and a hat. At the top left of the poster is white text in Spanish, English, French and...

The Blacks
1972

Poster has a black printed background. At the center is a green and yellow tinted image of a figure in a white mask. At the bottom left is "The Department of Dramatic Art / presents / A University...

untitled (figure on a red background)
1972

Poster has unprinted white edges enclosing a red background with a black shaded figure at the bottom. Across the top are pieces of paper and tags "taped" on the "canvas". Over the figure at the...

Three Slices of Life
c.1978

This blue poster promotes a production called "Three Slices / of Life", presented by "The San Francisco Black Writers Workshop / and Western Addition Cultural Center". That information is printed...

untitled (figure under thin branches)
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. Poster has a large image showing an African American figure (female?) holding a broken portion of a branch, with more branches above. To the bottom...

Circa 1990

This poster depicts a green, 10-armed, 10-legged, 10 headed human figure floating above a green and white Earth surrounded by fire below. Each arm holds a different item such as a radio, a...

untitled (purple mountain and poem)
1970

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing an image of a black shaded figure staring up the purple mountains. At the top right in the blue and orange sky is a poem by Susan Polis Schultz in...

Today Tomorrow Together
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster features an illustration of a large, bronze-colored globe with a grid pattern on it as well as a patterned bronze ring and other circular objects in a blue sky. There are several...

Desiderata
c. 1968

This black poster is printed on thick paper. It features a photograph of a person standing on wet, rippled sand on a beach with a cloudy sky above. "Desiderata" is in the top left corner of the...

Stoned Again!
1972

This poster titled "Stoned Agin!" includes 6 purple and green boxes arranged vertically in two columns. A person in the boxes sits with their head in their hands and a pipe on the table in front...

Marijuana
1992

This poster features a large illustration of a human body with organ systems and anatomy detailed in color inside. "The Harmful Effects Of / Marijuana" is printed at the top of the page. Captions...

Untitled (person in colorful circle)
1971

This poster has a black background with a large blue and pink-bordered circle in the center. There is a black silhouette of a person holding their arms and legs out in the center of the circle and...

Ho Ho Ho
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster features a large green man wearing leaves around his head and body. There are small men pulling leaves off of his tunic below. The giant and one of the small men are smoking pot. The...

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