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Art Is Not A Mirror Held Up To Reality...
1985

This is a white poster with a central image of an abstract art work depicting a figure wielding a hammer in each hand. The art work is yellow, brown, black, red, and blue. It is attributed to D....

Art Is Not A Mirror Held Up To Reality...
1985

This is a white poster with a central image of an abstract art work depicting a figure wielding a hammer in each hand. The art work is yellow, brown, black, red, and blue. It is attributed to D....

circa 1971

Poster has black and orange ink printed on blue paper. At the top is "Rama" on black, followed by "The Peoplesmedia Digest - Project One, 1380 Howard, San Francisco, Ca." At...

Untitled
2005

Poster has green/gold printed edges. At the top is "Queens Library enrich your life" in black and a black and white illustration of a figure hunched over an open book, with his head resting in his...

1982

Poster has a large black circle that is cut in half by a pink a line. Below reads, "Fiftieth National Bourgeois Art Exhibit/ From the personal collection of the Fortune 500, a display of...

Artworks Foundry Opening
1990

Poster for a foundry opening at Artworks in Berkeley, California. Poster has a image of figures pouring hot metals in a foundry. Image is on a dark blue background. Text is silver and reads "...

Artisans Fair
1976

Poster has green ink printed on white paper. At the top and bottom is "Artisans / Fair". At the center is a stylized image of two figure, one painting and one making pottery. Test above the image...

Food for Thought
1992

Poster printed on beige paper. At the top is a black strip with "Food For Thought" in red. At the center is a red, black and blue image of a shopping cart with a tented shade over the top. At the...

It's Obscene!!
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster is comprised of a comic book strip with 5 rows of 3 text/image boxes. Across the top, an illustration of a comic book cover reads "The / ''Boiled / Angel'' / Case / By Peter / Kuper...

Yes on N
1986

Poster printed on white paper with a black, orange, yellow and white central stylized image of a cone-headed figure sitting on a stone-like, four-legged creature shooting a bow and arrow. At the...

Stop the Terror! Fight Censorship
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges. At the top is a green background with a stylized image of a man''s face with a terrorized expression framed by black shaded hands with radiating white and yellow...

The Art of Tom Tomorrow
1992

Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a multicolor, stylized image of a crown of people. At the center, a woman is wearing a fish head as a hat, a man''s anatomy is visible, a woman has...

Legal Action Comics
2000

Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a cartoon image of large statues of cartoonists, such as Robert Crumb, with people worshiping at the feet. The right side of the image shows an out of...

Body Art Expo
2006

Poster has a blue printed background with a keyhole design. At the top is "the world''s largest tattoo convention / quotes by Lyle Tuttle / over 200 top artists tattooing and piercing on site" in...

Tattoo Expo
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black printed edges enclosing a white unprinted background. At the top are the presenters in green. At the center of the white is a multicolor, stylized image of the Space Needle with...

Oakland's Portrait
1981

Poster has a gray printed background. At the top is "Oakland''s Portrait" in black and a color photo of three men standing in front of a painted mural showing four people. At the bottom of the...

3rd Annual Induction Ceremonies Live from the Underground Comix Hall of Fame
1993

Poster advertising the Underground Comix Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1993. Poster has cartoon art with human and animal figures, surrounded by a black border.

Community Mural Project
1986

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black printed background. At the top is "Community Mural Project / 1985-1986" in white. The poster has four multicolor, stylized images, positioned in...

FLIGHT Volume One
2004

Poster for comic book Anthology titled "Flight" Volume One. Poster has an illustration of a small, green airplane flying toward a tower with store fronts and trains. The background is a pale...

The American Writers Congress
1981

Poster for the 1981 American Writers Congree. Poster has illustration of a sheet of lined notebook paper, with 8 logos for the even in blue, purple, pink, dark red, and green--at different sized...

The First Annual SF Bay Area Poets & Music Festival
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster for The First Annual SF Bay Area Poets & Music Festival, featuring nights honoring Josephine Miles, Roberto Vargas, and John Lee Hooker. Poster has black background with text in border...

1981

Poster with woodcut illustration of musician Amiri Baraka from the shoulders up in black on white paper. Text in white below face listing information about the event and the musicians and poets...

10th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam
2006

Poster advertising the 10th Annual Youth Speaks Poetry Slam in 2006. Poster has a silhouette of a person speaking into a microphone, with a crowd in the foreground and speakers in the background....

Placa Balmy Alley
1984

Poster with the world "Balmy" in gray on a swirly red and purple background across top half. Bottom half has white, purple, and yellow text on a gray background.

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