2010.54.3910

For El Salvador 1981

ca. 1981

16.25 in HIGH x 10.75 in WIDE
(41.28 cm HIGH x 27.31 cm WIDE)

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

2010.54.3910

inscription: Bottom edge has: "(c) Poem By John Bart Gerald - Artworks By Julie Maas - March 1981". Lower right corner is: " J.M.".

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Poster is printed in red in in the style of a relief print. The top edge of the poster has the text: "Jonsongs - Poems By Bart Gerald 5.00 - Available, J.B. Gerald & J. Maas - P.O. Box 252 Moody ME. 04054". The left and right edges of the poster has stylized drawings of tall thorny flowering plants. The bottom edge has a stylized drawing of a female figure on her knees in front of a smaller figure lying face down. The female figure has her arms outstretched to the sky,and she is crying out. To the right the bottom of the poster has stylized drawings of human skulls and bones. The center of the poster has a poem: "For El Salvador / 1981 / Oh Creator Mother Father / Protect Us From All Who Rule / Through Fear / From Those Who Turn / Even The Colors Of Our Skins / Against Eachother / Let There Be No Peace / With Murders Of The Poor / No Peace / When The Rich Can Do Without Us / No Peace With Killers / In Their Companies And Squads / Signing Warrants For The Peoples Death / In All Countries / Let US Learn / Through The Freedom Of Our Hearts / What It Means This Word / Peace".

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