Spiritual leader / Herblock. Unprocessed [item] [P&P]REPRODUCTION... |
| TITLE:Spiritual leader / Herblock. CALL NUMBER:Unprocessed [item] [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsc-03485 (digital file from original drawing) 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. FORMAT: Editorial cartoons 1970-1980. REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from original drawing) ppmsc 03485 CARD #:00652254
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