Object number:
2010.54.16294
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
The Fin Whale
Maker:
L. Foster, General Whale
Date made:
1975
Material / Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 9.25 in, W: 34.5 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
Poster with a drawing of a fin whale in the top half, with a girl at left to show size comparison. Below is a long narrative about fin whales, with illustrations of fin whale anatomy. In the bottom right there is a graph showing the decline of the fin what from approx. 27,000 in 1956 to approx 2,500 in 1966.
Concepts:
ocean; Fin whale
Currently on display in the Gallery of California Art
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