2010.54.9492

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Art Is Not A Mirror Held Up To Reality. / But A Hammer With Which To Shape It.
Art Is Not A Mirror Held Up To Reality. / But A Hammer With Which To Shape It.
Late 20th - Early 21st Century
18.00 in HIGH x 24.00 in WIDE
(45.72 cm HIGH x 60.96 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.9492

Bottom center has 3 logos: dminkler.com, Inkworks, Center for the Study of Political Graphics and New Leaf Paper. Text below attributes printing, publishing, and distribution of this poster to these 3 companies as well as stating "This is a revised version og a previously printed poster incorrectly attributing the original quote to Bertolt Brecht". Below is an Allied Printing union label and recycle symbol.





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. Minkler in the bottom right corner of the image. Black text below the image reads "Art Is Not A Mirror Held Up To Reality. / But A Hammer With Which To Shape It. / Vladimir Mayakovsky". There is a 3 inch white margin around the central image and an inscription at the bottom center.
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