American Indian International Tribunal benefit poster, 1982

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Indian; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/social/id/10696

Poster, designed by Richard V. Correll, advertising a benefit for the American Indian International Tribunal honoring Native American women, held on July 9, 1982 at the Women's Building at 3543 18th St in San Francisco, California. Text at the bottom left of the poster notes that the design in the center of the poster was adapted from Dorothy Jean Ray's "Eskimo Masks." Artist Richard V. Correll (1904-1990) was a master printmaker who worked with linoleum and woodblock prints, etchings, and lithographs. Correll is best known for his black and white woodblock prints featuring political and social concerns of his time. His works also include landscapes, agricultural life, and portraits. Correll was born in 1904, spending most of his youth in Oregon and California. A Seattle, Washington resident from 1934-1941, Correll was selected to participate in the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), part of the New Deal. He was also a founding member of the Washington Artists' Union. From 1941 to 1952, Correll lived in New York City with his family where he worked as a commercial artist. It was in 1952 that he relocated to San Francisco where he would remain for the rest of his life. A member of the Graphic Artists' Workshop and Printmaker's Gallery of San Francisco, Correll worked alongside other established and respected Bay Area artists, developing his ideals of peace and artistic style.