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title: Robert Frost Exhibit poster (Chinese-English poster distributed in Taipei)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/robert-frost-exhibit-chinese-taipei-1958/
description: A Chinese-English poster for an exhibit of photographs and manuscripts of the American poet Robert Frost. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Robert Frost Exhibit poster (Chinese-English poster distributed in Taipei)

A Chinese-English poster for an exhibit of photographs and manuscripts of the American poet Robert Frost. A large halftone portrait shows him writing, beside brushy red and green plant strokes. Chinese lines call him a leading poet of present-day America and give the dates 3 to 15 September and the National Art Gallery at the Botanical Garden. The tell is transfer: the poet's standing is used to stand for American culture.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
當代美國大詩人
羅柏特·佛洛斯特
圖片·手跡展覽
九月三日·十五日  國立藝術館（植物園）
ROBERT FROST EXHIBIT
```

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

```
Great American poet of our day
Robert Frost
Exhibition of pictures and manuscripts
3 to 15 September, National Art Gallery (Botanical Garden)
ROBERT FROST EXHIBIT [English as printed]
```

Chinese lines are set right to left in the printing; they are given here in reading order.

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