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Ignorance = Fear / Silence = Death
Ignorance = Fear; ACT UP poster
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- Creation date
- 1989
- Type
- Medium
- Offset lithograph poster
- Technique
- Offset lithography
- Dimensions
- H 61.1 × W 109.4 cm
- Subject
- AIDS activism; three see-no/hear-no/speak-no-evil figures with pink X marks
- Producer
- Created in conjunction with ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)
- Provenance
- Whitney Museum of American Art (Gift of David W. Kiehl)
- Exhibitions
- An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney's Collection, 1940–2017, Whitney Museum of American Art
- Description
- Iconic 1989 AIDS-activist poster showing three figures covering their eyes, ears and mouth above the slogans 'IGNORANCE = FEAR' and 'SILENCE = DEATH / FIGHT AIDS ACT UP'. Sheet 24 1/16 × 43 1/16 in. (61.1 × 109.4 cm) per the Whitney Museum.
- Notes
- The Keith Haring Foundation lists the related poster 'Ignorance = Fear' at 24 × 43 1/4 in. (61 × 110 cm).
Data quality note
Minor size discrepancy between Whitney sheet (61.1 × 109.4 cm) and Foundation poster (61 × 110 cm)