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1970

  • Work on this object began.

1990

  • Work on this object ended.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2017

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, I Try Not to Be Visibly Gay in My Own Neighborhood

This is a Poster. It is dated ca. 1980 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is photocopy on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Karrie Jacobs. It is credited Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.

Its dimensions are

28 x 43.2 cm (11 x 17 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in black ink, lower right: Cheap Art

Cite this object as

Poster, I Try Not to Be Visibly Gay in My Own Neighborhood; USA; photocopy on paper; 28 x 43.2 cm (11 x 17 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-100

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