Together with 'This Vacation Visit Beautiful Vietnam' x 2, red ground and another larger example, pink ground, 58.5x89cm; ‘I’d rather be red than dead’, copyright The Old school, 61x100cm; ‘Vote Kill’, copyright 1970, Personality Posters, 73x74cm; 'Bank of America' and another 'Just Like A Woman' copyright 1972, The Print Mint, 53x76cm
Foot note:
The 'Polaris, No' poster is a good example of 'modern' graphic design being used as a tool to galvanise mass social movement. Fior was part of the Committee of 100, an an anti-nuclear group that promoted civil disobedience in a non-violent manner. Fior was imprisoned for sedition because of his activities and associations with this subversive group. See V&A accession number E.707-2018.
Provenance
From the Estate of the late Hilary Gerrard (1933-2023), formerly Business Manager to Ringo Starr from the 1970s onwards.
