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1970

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1995

  • We acquired this object.

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2016

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Poster, AIDS Should Die

This is a Poster. It was designed by Rick Valicenti. It is dated ca. 1980–95 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Rick Valicenti. It is credited Gift of Rick Valicenti.

  • Object ID #69129791
  • moving image (digital video, 16 sec.; color, no sound).
  • Gift of Götz Gramlich.
  • 2015-26-2

It is inscribed

Printed in white and black, throughout composition: LIFE HAS A WAY / OF MAKING / YOU WISH YOU / WERE ALIVE; in black and white, lower right, vertically: AIDSHOULDIE

Cite this object as

Poster, AIDS Should Die; Designed by Rick Valicenti (American, b. 1951); USA; lithograph on paper; Gift of Rick Valicenti; 1995-73-5

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