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Please look at the photos, but I would say itβs
in excellent minus condition. (I myself got it at
the Manhattan McGovern headquarters in 1972
after the election.)About this beautiful poster (from the Alpha 137
Gallery website):In 1972, Larry Rivers was one of the fine artists
commissioned by the Democratic National
Committee to create a limited edition print as a
fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate
George McGovern. The present work, featuring
a smiling portrait of George McGovern
underneath a colorful map of the United States,
along with a black and white caricature of Nixon,
with an "X" over it - is one of them. Like many
artists, Larry Rivers was fiercely opposed to the
Vietnam War, so he supported the quixotic, but
ultimately doomed Presidential candidacy of the
ultra-liberal George McGovern. Indeed, despite
Rivers best artistic efforts, Richard Nixon went
on to win the election in a landslide and Senator
McGovern suffered one of the greatest defeats
in American history. But by August 1972, Richard
Nixon would end up resigning the US Presidency
in in disgrace. This is a scarce and historic print
and McGovern's liberal, anti-war message
resonates with Americans to this very day.
