A GROUP OF POSTERS INCLUDING ‘BAZAAR MAGAZINE: FIGHT AIR POLLUTION’ AND OTHER ANTI-WAR EXAMPLES (12)
Bazaar poster cover, copyright 1970, Sunset Marketing, 58 x 76cm, (excluding frame), ‘Polaris, No’, design by Reuben Fior, commissioned by the Committee of 100, circa 1961,101 x 75cm; ‘War Changes Us All’, copyright 1967 Steven F. Kasower, The Purple Realm, blacklight, 61 x 93.5cm; Another blacklight example 'Suppose They Gave a War...‘ 56 x 76cm, ‘Peace Prayer’, copyright 1970, East Totem West, 56 x 84.5cm
| Estimate: | £80 - £120 |
| Hammer price: | £320 |
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.