2010.54.797

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Timothy Leary Benefit: Prometheus Bound
1970
23.75 in HIGH x 11.75 in WIDE
(60.32 cm HIGH x 29.84 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.797

Right edge has: "Barry Thomas".





Poster is printed on tractor-feed computer paper. Top edge of poster has text in orange and red: "Timothy Leary Benefit / Prometheus / Bound / Eschmus". Below is a drawing of a nude male figure (Prometheus) with long hair and beard. The figure is sanding with legs spread wide, holding a torch in his left hand his face is contorted in pain and there is a eagle perched on his right leg. The bottom of the poster has the text: " 'A Holding Together' / July 31, August 1 / August 14, 15 / John Hinkel Somerset & Southampton / Amphitheater Off Arlington Berkeley / Donation $2.00 8:00". On January 21, 1970, LSD activist Timothy Leary received a ten-year sentence for his 1968 arrest for two roaches of marijuana. [LMC]
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