Object number:
2010.54.20528
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
The Needle That Kills
Date made:
LATE 20TH EARLY 21ST CENTURY
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 22.5 in, W: 17.5 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 white unprinted edges enclosing a red background with a stylized image of a looking glass with an arm in the middle. The arm has a needle sticking out fo the crook. The needle extends over the top of the looking glass and is impaling a skeleton. The central image is surrounded by graphic barbed accents. A banner snaking down the poster has black text reading "Remove Now!! / The Needle That Kills!! / Call For Assistance At / Centro De Cambio S.F" with a phone number and address.
Concepts:
syringe; drugs; mirror; arm; skeleton; heroin
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