Fantasies billow by shy lesbian fantasies ... – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Fantasies billow by shy lesbian fantasies ..., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Its title, "Fantasies billow by shy lesbian fantasies," is a playful, dreamlike phrase for a subject that was rarely shown openly in American art in 1973. The poster was copyrighted by the Women's Graphics Collective, a group working in the wake of the women's liberation and gay liberation movements that followed the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York. Posters like this one were often made to be seen in community spaces and at women's gatherings, where they helped make lesbian lives visible to audiences who had seen little representation of them. Its lyrical wording is worth noticing as an example of how activist graphics of the period used humor and poetry alongside direct protest.
| Created / published | c1973. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1970-1980.Prints American Color 1970-1980. |
| Notes | Copyright by Women's Graphics Collective. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. BAR updated record 1989-1994. jj / 860312. |
| Subjects | Lesbians--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,116 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169867 |
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