Object number:
2010.54.12593
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
What Do Your Taxes Buy in El Salvador?
Date made:
LATE 20TH EARLY 21ST CENTURY
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 17 in, W: 11 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
The top of the poster has a large red dollar sign at left and text in white at right: "What / Do Your / Taxes / Buy". The center of the poster has a stylized drawing of a male figure with hands tied behind his back, wearing a blindfold lying face down in a pool of blood. The bottom of the poster has the text: "in / El Salvador? / Tell Congress: End U.S. Aid / call (202) 224-3121 / CISPES - PO Box 12156, Washington DC - (202) 265-0890" in red and white.
Concepts:
dead; tax; dollar sign; blood; death
Places:
El Salvador
Organizations:
Congress
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