POSTERS: War, Politics, Protests, Indigneous, Gay Rights & Travel Collectors' List 129 2008

80 J. Lark
Demand Cultural Independence, 1977. Colour process lithograph, signed and dated "77" in image lower left, 53.3 x 43.3cm. Retouching to edges, pinholes to upper corners. Linen-backed.
Text includes "Aboriginal land rights now!…No foreign bases…Support Australian culture."
 $660
81 Cockroach Posters (Australian, active 1978-1979)
Australian Uranium. Fuel For Disaster. Support Union Bans On Uranium, 1979. Colour screenprint, Cockroach Posters logo in upper right corner of image, 83.6 x 53.5cm. Minor stain to lower right corner, repaired tears to margins. Linen-backed.
Designed by Leonie Lane (Australian, b.1955) and Graham Lightbody (Australian, active by 1979). Held in National Gallery of Australia collection.
 $770
82 Attrib. Megalo/Acme Inc.
Greetings From Canberra [Group Of Four Men], c1980. Colour screenprint, 88 x 62.1cm. Minor rubbing to lower margin. Linen-backed.
Similar image with same title by Megalo/Acme Inc held in National Gallery of Australia collection.
 $880
83 Anon
Sixty Years Of Struggle. Sixty Years For Socialism, 1980. Colour process lithograph, 51.1 x 37.8cm. Linen-backed.
Text commences "1920/1980" and includes "The movement continues. Communists and the Labour Movement National Conference, Melbourne, August 22-24, 1980…For more information, Tel (03) 662-3799, (02) 262-161. PO Box 122, Clifton Hill, Victoria 3068." Includes list of conference topics e.g. unemployed workers, Sino-Soviet split, Green Bans, Vietnam.
 $550
84 Anon
These Men Are Scabs. Don't Forget Their Faces, c1980s. Process lithograph, 78 x 53.8cm. Repaired minor tears and creases to edges, some retouching to text. Linen-backed.
Text includes "Demand police do not interfere in industrial disputes. FIA - AWU. Gov't/boss/scab alliance must be broken. The Scab by Jack London: 'After God made the rattlesnake, the toad and the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made a "scab." A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-sogged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue…'"
 $1,650
85 Anon
Pas De Bombes, c1980s. Colour screenprint, People for Nuclear Disarmament logo in lower margin, 69.6 x 50.6cm. Linen-backed.
Text "People for Nuclear Disarmament (NSW). Assisted by the Australia Council, the Federal Government Arts Funding and Advisory Body and the Department of Foreign Affairs." Lists beach-related terms in French, with conjugations in French and English of the verb 'to cry/weep.'
 $880
86 Anon
Greetings From Sydney, Australia. Join The Movement For A Nuclear (And Turd) Free Pacific, c1980s. Colour screenprint, People for Nuclear Disarmament logo in lower margin, 70 x 50.6cm. Linen-backed.
Text "People for Nuclear Disarmament (NSW). Assisted by the Australia Council, the Federal Government Arts Funding and Advisory Body and the Department of Foreign Affairs."
 $1,100
87 Anon
Our Earth. Love It Or Leave It! Uranium, Cancer, Cops And The Bomb!, c1980s. Colour process lithograph, 57.6 x 33.9cm. Repaired surface loss and small missing portions. Linen-backed.
Text continues "Printed by the Libertarian Voice Collective or the Self-management Organisation, PO Box 332, North Quay 4000."
 $880
88 Without Authority (Aust., 1978-1985)
Stop Uranium Mining [The Phantom], 1984 Colour screenprint, studio stamp "Without Authority, Kyogle" in lower margin, 58.3 x 45.1cm. Slight crazing, retouching to lower left margin. Linen-backed.
Text continues "I swear on the skull of my anti-uranium badge to devote myself to the overthrow of Frazer Hawke and to spend my life in the destruction of capitalism and the state." Designed by Tony Chinnery (Aust., b.1951). Held in NGA collection.
 $2,200
89 Anon
More Than $2.5 Billion Is Spent Every Day Preparing For War, And They Tell Us We're Spending Too Much!, c1980s. Colour screenprint, People for Nuclear Disarmament logo in image lower centre, 75.8 x 50.8cm. Linen-backed.
Text "People for Nuclear Disarmament (NSW). Assisted by the Aust Council, the Federal Govt Arts Funding and Advisory Body, and the Dept of Foreign Affairs."
 $1,100
90 Anon
Wash The Dishes, Dry The Dishes, Turn The Dishes Over, c1980s. Colour screenprint, 76 x 50.8cm. Linen-backed.
Text continues "According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics: women earn, on average, 2/3rds of men's earnings in a restricted range of jobs, and struggle to look after kids and homes for nothing at the same time."
 $880
91 Matilda Graphics (Aust., active from 1981)
Victory. A Healthy Revolutionary Is A Strong Revolutionary. Grow Vitamins At Your Kitchen Door, c1980s. Colour screenprint, studio line in image lower left, 82.7 x 58.6cm. Minor staining. Linen-backed.
Text includes "Grow your own grassroots defiance against the capitalist diet. Matilda Graphics, 21 Shepherd Street, Chippendale NSW 2008, 212 2558." Border of image identifies vitamins present in various produce.
 $1,250
92 Anon
Hands Off Uranium Uncle Scrooge!, c1980s. Colour screenprint, 50.7 x 77.2cm. Surface cracking, chips and repaired tears and creases to edges of image. Linen-backed.
Text includes "Each Disney 'treasure hunt' is a reflection of economic and cultural imperialism! Uranium is a threat to the people! Not the people's treasure."
$990