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
- Date
- February 27, 1959
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, February 27, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948770, 306-PPB-21).
Text on the object
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
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.
