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Poster – “(CRS) SS” (May 18 1968)

15 Friday May 2015

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(CRS) SS 

(May 18)

This poster is one of the most iconic from May 1968. The first version produced only had the image of the CRS policeman (drawn by cartoonist Jacques Carelman) on it. This is the later version with the “SS” added to the shield. This refers to the student chant: “CRS SS!”. 

Brown offset on poster paper

32.5 x 50cm

Documented in:
Gasquet p.47; Imagination #5; Beaubourg #7; Peters #12 ; Les Affiches #128; Beauty #163b ; Mesa p29; Murs #82; Dobson #40 ; Paris p114

Online References:
ENSBA # 10682
Bienecke: BrSides Folio 2008 34
Zurich – 28-0225

Flyer – “The Fist of No Return/The Point of No Return” (19th May 1968)

23 Tuesday Sep 2014

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“The Fist of No Return/The Point of No Return”

(May 19)

Personally I like puns – but puns in other languages are strange things indeed. To understand this flyer you need to know that in French “poing” (fist) and “point” (point) sound identical.

So this image of a revolutionary fist punching De Gaulle in the face both illustrates what the majority of the protesters in May 68 would like to see happen (whether metaphorically or literally!), and spells out that that things have progressed too far to go back to normal.

Red-brown offset flyer

13.5cm x 20cm

Documented in:
Mai 68 p.26; Gasquet p.29 ; Dobson #24 ; Peters #111+223 ; Beauty #155 ; Camard #148a ; Mesa p53; Wlassikoff p.26; Beauty #155 + 18b

Online Reference:
BNF
Zurich Museum of Design

(see Sources page for full details of references)