Helion, Jean, 1904-1987, creator Union nationale des etudiants de France
Published / Created:
1968
Call Number:
BrSides Folio 2009 38
Image Count:
1
Description:
Le 4 avril 1968 j'ai su que je m'appelle Martin Luther King et que je suis negre. Mais, aujour'hui 24 mai, je m'apercois que je suis aussi juif allemand. Je suis interdit de sejour, je me nomme Cohn Bendit., Printed in black ink., and Produced in May 1968 to benefit the Union nationale des etudiants de France.
Subject (Geographic):
France -- Politics and government -- 1958-1969 -- Posters
Subject (Name):
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel
Subject (Topic):
General Strike, France, 1968 -- Posters, Political posters, French -- France -- Paris, and Protest movements -- France -- Paris -- Posters
36 black and white photographs of the Atelier Populaire at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts and scenes of the general strike and student uprisings in Paris, May 1968 by Marc Riboud, Philippe Vermès, and unidentified photographers, Box 1: 18 photographs printed in 8 x 10 inch format depicting multiple stages of poster production at the Atelier Populaire in the printmaking studios of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. 16 of the photographs were taken by Philippe Vermès and have his and his studio's ink stamps on the versos; many have annotations suggesting a 1998 printing date and linking them to the exhibition "Paris 1968: Posters from the Atelier Populaire", August 31-October 1, 1998 at Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. The remaining two photographs in this group are inscribed on the versos "Philippe Vermès" and "Marc Riboud", and were likely printed circa 1968, and Box 2: 18 photographs printed in 12 x 16 inch format, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers. The photographs depict scenes from the Paris general strike, student uprisings, and street protests of May 1968, including police dressed in riot equipment, streets barricaded with burning cars, protesters wearing protection against tear gas and standing on street barricades, and student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit addressing crowds with a megaphone
Description:
The Atelier Populaire ("Popular Workshop") was established in Paris in May 1968 by students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts to support the ongoing protests and strikes then occuring in France. The members were students, faculty, workers, and artists who used the school's printmaking studios to anonymously produce lithographed and screen-printed political posters that were distributed for free., Marc Riboud (1923-2016) was a French photojournalist., Philippe Vermès (1942-) is a French photographer and one of the co-founders of the Atelier Populaire., Inscriptions in French., From the Johan Kugelberg Collection of Paris May 1968., and Inscriptions and ink stamps on photograph versos.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Paris, and Paris (France)
Subject (Name):
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, Riboud, Marc., Vermès, Philippe, 1942-, Atelier populaire, and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
Subject (Topic):
Art students, College students, Political activity, General Strike, France, 1968, Labor movements, Lithography, Political posters, French, Political violence, Print workshops, Printmakers, Prints, Technique, Protest movements, Riots, Screen process printing, Serigraphy, and Students
36 black and white photographs of the Atelier Populaire at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts and scenes of the general strike and student uprisings in Paris, May 1968 by Marc Riboud, Philippe Vermès, and unidentified photographers, Box 1: 18 photographs printed in 8 x 10 inch format depicting multiple stages of poster production at the Atelier Populaire in the printmaking studios of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. 16 of the photographs were taken by Philippe Vermès and have his and his studio's ink stamps on the versos; many have annotations suggesting a 1998 printing date and linking them to the exhibition "Paris 1968: Posters from the Atelier Populaire", August 31-October 1, 1998 at Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. The remaining two photographs in this group are inscribed on the versos "Philippe Vermès" and "Marc Riboud", and were likely printed circa 1968, and Box 2: 18 photographs printed in 12 x 16 inch format, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers. The photographs depict scenes from the Paris general strike, student uprisings, and street protests of May 1968, including police dressed in riot equipment, streets barricaded with burning cars, protesters wearing protection against tear gas and standing on street barricades, and student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit addressing crowds with a megaphone
Description:
The Atelier Populaire ("Popular Workshop") was established in Paris in May 1968 by students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts to support the ongoing protests and strikes then occuring in France. The members were students, faculty, workers, and artists who used the school's printmaking studios to anonymously produce lithographed and screen-printed political posters that were distributed for free., Marc Riboud (1923-2016) was a French photojournalist., Philippe Vermès (1942-) is a French photographer and one of the co-founders of the Atelier Populaire., Inscriptions in French., From the Johan Kugelberg Collection of Paris May 1968., and Inscriptions and ink stamps on photograph versos.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Paris, and Paris (France)
Subject (Name):
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, Riboud, Marc., Vermès, Philippe, 1942-, Atelier populaire, and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
Subject (Topic):
Art students, College students, Political activity, General Strike, France, 1968, Labor movements, Lithography, Political posters, French, Political violence, Print workshops, Printmakers, Prints, Technique, Protest movements, Riots, Screen process printing, Serigraphy, and Students
