Online Exhibit: The Graphics of Revolution and War
The Graphics of Revolution and War: Iranian Poster Art
This permanent online exhibit was collaboratively produced with a
loan exhibition of the University of Chicago's posters on display at the
Indiana University Art Museum from October 15 to December 18, 2011 (http://themester.indiana.edu/events/poster.shtml).
The posters in the Bloomington exhibition were generously lent by the
Special Collections Research Center of the University of Chicago
Library.
The Bloomington exhibition was made possible in part by funding from
the Thomas T. Solley Endowed Fund for the Pamela Buell Curator of Asian
Art, Themester 2011, IU Art Museum ARC Fund, and The Center for the
Study of the Middle East. The exhibition was guest curated by Professor
Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan, and her doctoral student
Elizabeth Rauh. The organizing curator was Judy Stubbs, the IU Art
Museum's Pamela Buell Curator of Asian Art.
The website was produced and designed by Elisabeth M. Long,
co-director of the University of Chicago's Digital Library Development
Center, and Brad Busenius, web and graphic design specialist.
The collection of Iranian revolutionary and wartime posters are held
in the University of Chicago's Special Collections Research Center.
After the 1979 Revolution, the posters were acquired by Dr. Paul
Sprachman, then Persian bibliographer at the University of Chicago. Dr.
Sprachman acquired the posters in 1981-1982 with Title IIC funding for
the University of Chicago Library's acquisition program for Persian
materials. Most of the Iranian posters held in the University of
Chicago's collection were bought in Istanbul and Damascus. Others were
purchased in London, Paris, Istanbul, Damascus, and various other places
in Pakistan and India.
It is our understanding that the posters in this exhibit are not
protected under U.S. copyright law. To learn more about these and other
posters held in the collection or to obtain information on ordering
publication-quality images, please visit the Guide to the Middle Eastern Posters Collection 1970s-1990s.
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