May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 163

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(BLACK PANTHERS.) Free the San Quentin 6. Poster, 18 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches; minimal wear. San Francisco, CA: [Prison Solidarity Committee], [late 1971]

Additional Details

Illustrated with portraits of the six accused prisoners, with others behind them breaking through a prison wall. Offers a short summary of the case, and urges us to "Support the 6, Bring the Real Criminals to Justice." The artist was apparently Jane Norling, who signed a copy of a Spanish-language version of this poster in 1971 (held by the Oakland Museum). Copies of the poster were offered for sale at 50 cents each in the June 1972 issue of The Conspiracy (a Bay Area publication), by the Prison Solidarity Committee using the same post office box used here. One recorded in OCLC.