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1989

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Poster, Always Practice Safer Sex

This is a Poster. It is dated 1989 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Karrie Jacobs. It is credited Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.

Its dimensions are

56 x 43.4 cm (22 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Imprinted in black ink, lower right: © DON HERRON 1989

It is inscribed

Imprinted: "c 1989 Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. Illustration by Don Herron

Cite this object as

Poster, Always Practice Safer Sex; USA; lithograph on paper; 56 x 43.4 cm (22 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-68

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