The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 16, Summer, 1990

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Content includes:
The Posters of Sven Brasch – Victoria Dailey
Thirties Sculpture in the Manship Tradition Reborn in the Eighties – D. Roger Howlett
Pondering the Products of Propaganda: Art and Thought on the Periphery – Peggy A. Loar
José Guadalupe Posada, Lampooner – Ilan Stavans
A Conversation with John P. Axelrod – Lyn Farmer and John P. Axelrod
Attilio Calzavara: Stories from an Archive – Enrica Torelli Landini and Jon R. Snyder
Graphic Art in America: The Artistic and Civic Poster in the United States Reconsidered – Gabriel P. Weisberg

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