Object number:
2010.54.5133
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Americans or Last Tango in Huahuatenango
Maker:
Rene Young
Date made:
1983
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:
Poster printed with black and brown ink on light brown paper. "San Francisco Mime Troupe Presents" appears at top center above a torn photograph showing a group of men and women. "Americans" is printed diagonally within a rectangular border at center right above "OR Last Tango in Huahuatenango." A piece of white paper is adhered to the bottom of the page that reads, "Benefit / In Solidarity with the Nicaraguan People / Saturday, April 9th 8PM." Ticket prices and the location of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Berkeley are listed with the statement, "U.S. Hands Off Nicaragua!" [This was a reprise of a play originally performed in 1981. -LMC]
Concepts:
woman; benefit; man
Places:
Nicaragua
Organizations:
San Francisco Mime Troupe
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