Series 2: Posters and artworks from Vietnam, collected by Len Fox and Mona Brand

PXD 1578

series

after 1945, compiled 1950s-1960s

Graphic Materials, Posters, Prints, Drawings

9665650

Approximately 149 posters, prints and drawings (6 outsize folders)

PXD 1578/Folders 1-3
Approximately 57 posters, prints, artworks and calendars. 70 x 123 cm and smaller.
Collection of woodblock prints, hand-drawn and hand-painted artworks and pictures from Vietnam. Artworks include images of animals and people working, as well as cultural and mythical scenes. Also includes artworks made in the Dong Ho style of woodblock printing, with traditional images relating to good luck, folk stories, and general social activities.

PXD 1578/Folders 4-5
24 posters, prints and drawings. 112 x 64 cm or smaller.
Artworks include several images of high-ranking figures in traditional garb, as well as scenes of village life, and nature scenes. Also includes decorative works featuring images of children and animals, some possibly relating to Vietnamese New Year.

PXD 1578/Folder 6
Approximately 68 posters, leaflets, and calendars. 108 x 78 cm and smaller.
Collection of printed posters from Vietnam includes images of spring harvests, illustrated broadsheets of poems, artworks and scenes of rural Vietnamese life. Scenes depicted include: farming and working around the home, and preparing for and celebrating new year festivals. Some feature images of Ho Chi Minh, and are related to the military and the Vietnam Workers' Party. Also includes calendar for 1961.

Access via appointment - Due to size and fragility of material.

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

PXD 1578/Folders 1-3 transferred from Call Number POSTERS 2461/1-3
PXD 1578/Folders 4-5 transferred from Call Number POSTERS 2462/1-3
PXD 1578/Folder 6 transferred from Call Number POSTERS 2464

Date based on period Len Fox and Mona Brand lived in Hanoi, Vietnam, and the period shortly after North Vietnam won independence from France in 1945.