Group Of May 1968 Paris Uprising Protest Posters
1968. Six screenprints, two of which are stamped in French in lower margins, sizes range from 89.2 x 58.8cm to 136.3 x 92cm. Missing portions, repaired tears, minor foxing, soiling, pinholes. Linen-backed. Translated French text reads (1) Workers, farmers, students. Unity in the grassroots; (2) I am the State; (3) Crush fascist vermin; (4) The army imprisons; (5) Wall newspaper #4. The struggle continues; and(6) [President Charles De Gaulle doing fascist salute].” The following committees are also mentioned: National Committee for the Liberation of Imprisoned Soldiers; and the 25th Action Committee of Anti-fascist Groups. Atelier Populaire, who designed and printed these posters, was a group of Marxist artists and art students who occupied the École des Beaux-Arts during the wave of wildcat strikes in May 1968. Ref: Kugelberg and Vermés, Beauty is in the Street, 2011. A detailed list of the posters is available upon request.
Item #CL179-46
Price (AUD): $8,800.00 other currencies