"Leave the facades - it'll be just like Hollywood" / Herblock....

CALL NUMBER:Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:201 [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-132514 (b&w film copy neg.)
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SUMMARY:Editorial cartoon showing Ronald Reagan talking to man in hardhat, "Reagan''s wreckers", while standing on street lined with buildings labeled "E.P.A.", "F.T.C.", "Interior Dept.", "E.E.O.C.", "National Highway Safety Commission", and "Food and Drug Administration." In foreground, a crane is wrecking the Consumer Food and Drug Administration building, leaving only the facade.

MEDIUM:1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, opaque white and overlay over blue pencil underdrawing ; 57.5 x 35.5 cm. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:c1981.

CREATOR:

Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist.

NOTES:

Published Dec. 1, 1981 in the Washington Post.

Copyright by the Washington Post Co.; renewed by Herblock.

Forms part of the Herbert L. Block Collection.

Exhibited in: Political Humor : a tribute to Herblock, University of Virginia Art Museum, 2003.

Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:201

SUBJECTS:

Reagan, Ronald.
Government facilities--1980-1990.
Demolition--1980-1990.
Facades--1980-1990.

FORMAT:

Editorial cartoons 1980-1990.
Ink drawings 1980-1990.

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

DIGITAL ID:(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c32514

CARD #:2002735864

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3c30000-3c32000-3c32500-3c32514


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