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Object Timeline

1936	Work on this object began.
1937	Work on this object ended.
1997	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Poster, El Mono Azul (The Blue Monkey)

This is a Poster. It was published by La Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas and association: Lit Arte Pelayo 60 Madrid and printed by Lit. ARTE Pelayo, 60. Madrid. It is dated 1936–37 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is lithograph on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William P. Mangold. It is credited Gift of William P. Mangold.

A vertical poster dominated by a blue and white background. There is a grey wreath in the center of the poster. There is also orange and grey lettering on each side of the poster that reads: ' Deutsche Arbeit' in block letters. There is also grey and blue lettering on the bottom that reads: 'Berlin 21.4 -3.6'

Poster, Ausstellung Deutsches Volk (Exhibition of the Germanic People), 1933
lithograph.
Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
15.2019.41

Its dimensions are

Image: 56.5 × 39.8 cm (22 1/4 × 15 11/16 in.) Frame H x W x D (Silver Frame): 72.1 × 56.8 × 3.8 cm (28 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed across bottom on stone: La Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas

Cite this object as

Poster, El Mono Azul (The Blue Monkey); Published by La Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas; Association: Lit Arte Pelayo 60 Madrid (Spain); Printed by Lit. ARTE Pelayo, 60. Madrid; Spain; lithograph on wove paper; Image: 56.5 × 39.8 cm (22 1/4 × 15 11/16 in.) Frame H x W x D (Silver Frame): 72.1 × 56.8 × 3.8 cm (28 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.); Gift of William P. Mangold; 1997-21-16

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DBuc/
Accession Number 1997-21-16
Object ID 18655015