item details
NameDove of peace poster
ProductionDavid Blair; artist; late 1970s - early 1980s; New Zealand
Classificationposters
Materialspaper, ink
Techniquesscreen printing
DimensionsOverall: 705mm (width), 508mm (height)
Registration NumberGH026419
Credit lineGift of David Blair, 2023
Overview
This poster by David Blair visualises a dove of peace embracing the sky, Rangitoto Island and the sea. The dove holds a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament symbol in its beak. The three yachts evoke the Peace Squadron, which saw activists sailing to meet the arrival of any nuclear armed and/or powered naval ships to New Zealand waters.
Blair made many of these posters for anti-nuclear marches.