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title: 20th Century American Graphic Arts (Arabic and English poster distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/20th-century-american-graphic-arts-arabic-lebanon-1959/
description: A red and black exhibition poster for '20th Century American Graphic Arts' at UNESCO Hall, with Arabic lines above and English below, free admission.
section: Collection
---

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# 20th Century American Graphic Arts (Arabic and English poster distributed in Beirut)

A red and black exhibition poster for '20th Century American Graphic Arts' at UNESCO Hall, with Arabic lines above and English below, free admission. It names the Fine Arts Division of Lebanon's Ministry of National Education and the Lebanese Association of Artists and Sculptors as presenters. The tell is transfer: the standing of Lebanese state and artists' bodies is attached to an exhibition of American art.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Arabic and English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
قسم الفنون الجميلة في وزارة التربية الوطنية
بالاشتراك مع جمعية الفنانين اللبنانيين أهل الرسم والنحت
يقدم
معرض فن التصوير الأميركي للقرن العشرين
في قاعة الأونسكو من ١٤ آذار لغاية ١٨ منه - الساعة ١٠ صباحاً حتى ٨ مساءً - الدخول مجاناً

20th CENTURY american graphic arts
PRESENTED BY
THE FINE ARTS DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
in association with
THE LEBANESE ASSOCIATION OF ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS
UNESCO HALL · March 5th - March 18th · 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. · FREE ADMISSION
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The Fine Arts Division in the Ministry of National Education, in association with the Association of Lebanese Artists, people of drawing and sculpture, presents the exhibition of twentieth-century American graphic art, in the UNESCO Hall from 14 March to the 18th of it, from 10 in the morning until 8 in the evening, admission free. [English text as printed.]
```

Arabic dates (14 to 18 March) differ from the English dates (March 5th to 18th) as printed.

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