Object Details
- Designer
- Seymour Chwast, American, b. 1931
- Printer
- Eco Support Graphics / Haff & Daughtery, Hialeah, Florida, founded 1977
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- On yellow ground, the head of the Statue of Liberty, the points of her crown made up of components related to recyling and activism; from left to right: a fountain pen inscribed with the word "Write," a curving green arrow inscribed with the word "REUSE," a red brick chimney divided in half emitting smoke inscribed with the words "SAVE THE AIR,"
- the Empire State Building with a bouquet of flowers emerging from the top, an arm raising a sign inscribed with the word "PROTEST," a brown glass bottle with the word "RECYCLE" inscribed on the label, a metal faucet tap with dripping water inscribed with the word "CONSERVE." A speech bubble to the left of the Statue of Liberty's mouth has the printed words: ACT / NOW!; printed text below. Verso: Statue of Liberty holding a broomstick and tablet inscribed "reduce/reuse/recycle"
- Credit Line
- Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs
- 1991
- Accession Number
- 1993-53-58
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Lithograph on recycled paper
- Dimensions
- 85.5 × 55 cm (33 11/16 × 21 5/8 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1993-53-58
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4048adfab-2e70-46bd-a7c7-583001db67b3
