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Poster for the 1980 Democratic National Convention, held in Madison Square Garden in New York. It was at this convention that Jimmy Carter was nominated for re-election. This large poster was printed by Petersburg Press in 1980, and features Frank Stella’s Polar Co-ordinates (for Ronnie Peterson) IV. Signed by the artist lower right.
Concentric lines of orange and bright green interweave with strokes of pink, yellow, red, turquoise, silver, and gold. Printed with metallic ink that catches light differently from each angle, complementing the poster’s lime green and red text. The top of the poster reads “Let us move forward with a strong and active faith.”
