Chile Resists
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1976
This object is a political protest poster created around 1976 in the United Kingdom. Designed and produced by The Poster Collective, Tolmers Square, it is a colour screenprint executed with ink on paper. The sheet measures 749 mm in height and 497 mm in width.
The visual composition features bold, mask-like faces rendered in high-contrast tones of black, yellow, and red, reflecting the stylistic influence of Cuban revolutionary posters. A group of figures is depicted carrying long wooden poles or tools. In the lower-right foreground, a red placard displays Spanish text translated as "on these hereditary lands we say no to exploitation." Along the bottom edge, the English title is rendered in large red lettering as part of the screenprinted design.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
In 1973, General Pinochet led a US-backed military coup that overthrew Salvador Allende's democratically elected government in Chile. During Pinochet's dictatorship (1973–1990), which faced widespread condemnation for human rights abuses, international left-wing protest groups actively supported the cause of the Chilean people against the military junta.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Colour screenprint
- Dimensions
- Height: 749 mm; Width: 497 mm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- The Poster Collective
- Place recorded
- UK
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Chile Resists
- Museum object number
- E.1710-2004
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.