jesus

1976

This is a black and white photograph of an open-air flea market. A display of framed art with Christian motifs fills the right side of the composition in the foreground and extending into the...

If you worship longhair on Sunday...Why curse it on Monday!!
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges with a thick white horizontal line through the center - rest of the poster has a black background. At the top is an image of a man - a Caucasian male with long...

This man.
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster features a black and white drawing of a bearded long-haired man with clouds in the background in the bottom 2/3 of the page. He is visible from the shoulders up. Black text above him...

Sermon On The Mount
1974

Poster shows a reproduction of a piece of artwork showing an African American man (Jesus) standing on a rock and speaking to the people surrounding him. Centered on the bottom edge is "Sermon On...

Abortion
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This horizontally-oriented poster is black with white text and a photograph of the hands of a human fetus holding a quarter in the center of the page. Text to the left of the image reads "Teach /...

Our Hope is in You
2002

Black and white poster contains a reproduction of a drawing that combines Christian symbols with imagery of the September 11 attacks against the New York World Trade Center.

Maybe the death penalty should have been eliminated a long time ago
n.d.

Poster has a black and white drawing of Jesus on the cross. Below reads, "Maybe the death penalty should have been eliminated along time ago. Every time the state kills, it affects each one of us...

We remember malcolm
c. 1995

Poster has a black and white drawing of a man being taken down from a cross with Roman soldiers looking on. Around the edge of the image reads, "We remember Malcolm/ Keep the natural tight."

Huegla no violencia
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of red and black print on white paper. Image depicts a red arrow, protest signs, and the open winged eagle logo of the United Farm Workers in the background with men, women and...

untitled (virgin of guadalupe)
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of green, blue, pink, black, brown and gold print on white paper. Image depicts the Virgin of Guadalupe standing in a ray of light wearing a green wrap with white stars and apink...

The Nuclear War is Coming
c. 1985

Poster has a black and white collage of images at the top. There is a Statue of Liberty with a mushroom cloud behind and the word Boom! written above, stars and planets, and Jesus with "...

2008

Sign shows an image of Jesus in a white robe with a quotation bubble near his mouth saying, "Were we not all created equal?" Below the image are the words "NO on 8." All text and images are...

2009

From Isabel Monta_o, Volunteer Coordinator for the Border Angels: "The cap [2010.60.2] and shirts [2010.60.1 and .3] were worn on the field meaning (when we traveled to the desert, did our...

Santo, head of Christ in niche, semi-round, 20"L x 13"W.

Chirst has a crown of thorns. Usually this representation of Christ is called Ecce Homo in Mexican religious painting. The...

18th C.

The intersection of the cross has a depiction of the face of Jesus, crowned with thorns, probably representing the image on Veronica's veil.

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1991

This the remnants of a navity scene that broke (exploded?) in the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Fire. There are seven pieces: a baby Jesus, cow, a shepard holding a sheep on his shoulders, a kneeling...

8-Feb-72

Photo depicts: Close up shot of a young, white man witnessing to students. He stands behind a microphone and holds a newspaper which reads in some part, "Be with Jesus every minute of the day."...

1976

This is a black and white photograph taken at an open air flea market. The photograph shows a man with a beard who is wearing plaid pants, a jacket over a button-down shirt, a necklace, and a...

Road Map (with Helicopter)
2004

This painting depicts a green military helicopter flown by Jesus being touched by Alice in Wonderland and birds. "Road Map" painted in top left corner and "An object whose...

1977

Plaster and porcelain sculpture of a male figure draped in some type of cloth with only legs and feet visible on a small rectangular base at bottom. A white mask, complete with teeth eating a...

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