Object number:
2010.54.6023
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
untitled (Martin Luther King)
Maker:
Rene Castro
Date made:
1992
Material / Technique:
Screen print on paper
Dimensions:
H: 29.75 in, W: 23 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Poster has an image of Martin Luther King Jr. Looking down with one hand raised to his chin. Behind is a blue background with light purple border. At the bottom is "I Am Ashamed/ the greatest purveyor of violence on earth is my own country"...MLK/ Martin Luther King's Birthday January 15 and the start of the Persian Gulf War.
Concepts:
antiwar; birthday; Gulf War
Persons:
Martin Luther King
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