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ARTISTES DU MONDE CONTRA L’APARTHEID – Artistas Del Mundo Contra El Apartheid

Artist: Julio Le Parc, 1983

[Bears signature in image]

Dated: 1983

Size: 85 x 60 cm. (Not framed)

Note1: From an edition published by the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid

Note 2: Julio Le Parc (born September 23, 1928) is an Argentina–born artist who focuses on both modern op art and kinetic art. Le Parc attended the School of Fine Arts in Argentina. A founding member of Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV) and award–winning artworks, he is a significant figure in Argentinean modern art.

This poster and the four lots are one of a set of 15 posters which were produced for an exhibition in Paris for the Observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March 1983. The exhibition was organized by a group called Artists of the World against Apartheid, which was established in France by Antonio Saura and Ernest Pignon–Ernest in 1980. Both the exhibition and the posters were produced in cooperation with the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid. After Paris, the posters were exhibited in The Hague, Netherlands in May 1983. This item was digitized by the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands, which made it available to the African Activist Archive.

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