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Playground (a.k.a. Merry Go Round; Freedom Now!) by Emmy Lou Packard
Playground (a.k.a. Merry Go Round; Freedom Now!)
Emmy Lou Packard
Title
Playground (a.k.a. Merry Go Round; Freedom Now!)
Artist
Emmy Lou Packard
1914 - 1998 (biography)Year
c. 1965
Technique
color blockprint with screenprint
Image Size
15 1/8 x 21" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
pencil titled
Reference
Paper
cream laid
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
23600
Price
$1,500.00
Description
Playground is also known as Merry Go Round, Freedom Now, and Peace is Children’s Best Friend. Packard used her imagery as she found it appropriate to support her cause. This image was used for the 1980 Peace and Freedom Party’s poster, which is illustrated on page 12 in the exhibition catalogue Emmy lou Packard 1914-1998. Surrounding her image is letterpress text citing the Peace and Freedom Party’s candidates for President, Vice President, and Senator, along with a listing of what the party was advocating for: jobs, housing, real tax reform, free health care, no nukes, no draft, no war, right for undocumented immigrants, gay rights, child care, and abortion rights. The very rights we are still advocating for forty-two years later.