Catalogue Number
NMLH.2021.150
Object Name
Portfolio
Title
Portfolio Collection of Sprague prints
Events
Kosovo War ; Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia; Iran-Iraq War; Edward Heath's Industrial Relations Act
Date
1968
Description
Ken Sprague is a key figure in British left-wing poster art, an overtly political artist and supporter of the labour movement. He was concerned with how politics affects the ordinary person. He did illustrations nd posters for the Communist Party, Several trade unions, the Daily Worker, for Martin Luther King and the 1984 Miners strike. His most famous work was his anti-war illustrations and prints - he documented the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Iran-Iraq War and the Kosovo war. The front of the portfolio has an image of a canon., and at the top it says yours fraternally. The portfolio is made of card, is a2 and has yellowed paper. There are 8 prints and a preface inside the portfolio. The prints are silk screened.
