2010.54.3905

Stop the War On Nicaragua
c. 1984
17.88 in HIGH x 11.88 in WIDE
(45.40 cm HIGH x 30.16 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.3905

Lower left corner has a GCIU union label with: "Sequoyah Graphics / 82 Local 280 (R)".

The upper two thirds of the poster has a red background that transitions into a black background at the bottom. Poster has text and images in white. The top of the poster has the text: "STOP / The War / On Nicaragua". The center of the poster has a drawing of two figures in two landscapes at left an Asian figure in a large conical hat can be seen with a farmer plowing a field with an ox in the background. At right a figure with a mustache in a cowboy hat can be seen with a number of figures and mountains in the background. Both landscapes seem to be under the same sky which is filled with helicopters that have stars inscribed in circles on them. The bottom of the poster has the text: "We stand for / Peace in Central / America".The two color effect is a "split fountain," a single pLate image run through the printing press in one pass with red and black in the ink fountain and without the usual oscillation. A similar effect is commonly used in screenprinting. [LMC]
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