SCARCE ANTI-VIETNAM WAR HARRISBURG SEVEN POSTER ISSUED BY "THE DEFENSE COMMITTEE."
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Winning Bid:
$118.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #222 - Part 1
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Item Description
23x35" silk screen on thin paper. Art by "Mark Morris." Produced as a fictitious Playbill advertising "The Nixon Administration Proudly Presents Beckett 1971 Or The Incredible Case Of The Conspiracy Of The Harrisburg Six" w/"Six" crossed out and replaced w/"8" as part of the design and the "8" crossed out and replaced w/a "7" done by hand. Cast listed at bottom includes; "The Disturbed Monarch Richard M. Nixon," "His Hatchetman J. Edgar Hoover," "The Mastermind Fr. Phil Berrigan," "The Ghost Henry Kissinger" and "Directed By The Attorney General/Produced By The Military-Industrial Complex." Main graphic features images of conspirators including Berrigan center left. Light tape pulls on reverse corners and moderate corner wear. A history of the outcome of the trial is inscribed in blue ball point ink at bottom and a small arrow extending from Hoover to "Died May 2, 1972 Freedom!" is written in red ball point pen in the right margin. VF. The Harrisburg Seven were a group of religious anti-Vietnam war activists charged w/conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger in 1971. Fred Noye Collection.
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