Spiritual leader / Herblock. Unprocessed [item] [P&P]REPRODUCTION...

CALL NUMBER:Unprocessed [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsc-03485 (digital file from original drawing)
LC-USZ62-126933 (b&w film copy neg.)
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SUMMARY:Editorial cartoon showing an execution by firing squad of three persons in Iran; on an adjoining wall is a poster with a portrait of Ayatollah Kohmeini above the quote, "...There is no reason why a criminal should be tried in the first place...Once his identity is established, he should be killed right away." -Khomeini.

MEDIUM:1 drawing on paper : ink, crayon, porous point pen, opaque white, and overlays over blue pencil underdrawing ; 57.5 x 35.4 cm. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:c1979.

CREATOR:

Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist.

NOTES:

Distributed by Field Newspaper Syndicate.

Published April 8, 1979 in the Washington Post.

Copyright by Herblock.

Forms part of the Herbert L. Block Collection.

Exhibited in: Herblock''s History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium, Library of Congress 2000-2001.

Unprocessed in AP

SUBJECTS:

Khomeini, Ruhollah.
Firing squads--Iran--1970-1980.
Executions--Iran--1970-1980.
Justice--1970-1980.

FORMAT:

Editorial cartoons 1970-1980.
Ink drawings 1970-1980.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from original drawing) ppmsc 03485
(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c26933

CARD #:00652254

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3c20000-3c26000-3c26900-3c26933


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