15 November: International Day Accession Number: ARTV03134

Description

Reproduction of an advertisement for a march on Washington with stars and stripes forming the background. The accompanying text solicits support for the demonstration and calls for an end to the war in Vietnam. The poster was issued by the International Union of Students. The International Union of Students was founded in Prague in 1946 as a world wide nonpartisan association of National Unions of Students, aimed at fostering international understanding and lasting peace. From 1948 it became a communist controlled front organisation and during the 1960s became involved in the anti-Vietnam protest movements.

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Accession Number
ARTV03134
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
WASHINGTON : INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS, [N.D.]
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: colour linecut and halftone photoengraving on paper
Measurement
Overall: 40.1 cm x 28.2 cm
Medium
colour linecut and halftone photoengraving on paper
Date Made
1969
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by S J Woods 1980
Copyright
External copyright

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