Edition Staeck Political Posters

UNTITLED (BIN MEN). 1974.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster with a photo-collage by Staeck of two refuse men - one of whom has a six-sided star in the colours of the Italian flag on his chest. Suggesting a status for these workers similar to that of Jews Under the Nazis. VG+.    

£45.00

DIE KUNST DER 70ER JAHRE FINDET NICHT IM SAALE STATT. 1974.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, red and black on white poster with an image of a man lying on the ground with the caption: "May 13, 1974, 2:25 p.m. Athens, Constitution Square, secret police officers knocke the Cologne writer and journalist Günther Wallraff during a leaflet campaign to the ground." This poster was designed by Staeck for the important exhibition Projekt '74, at Kunsthalle Köln. VG+.

£45.00

FOR WIDER STREETS – VOTE CONSERVATIVE. 1974

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, red, yellow and black duotone offset lithographic poster showing a Rolls Royce car in front of an English Northern alleyway and tht title text. Curiously a British theme to this work given Staeck's own nationality. VG+.

£50.00

225 JAHRE GOETHE – 111 JAHRE FARBWERKE HOECHST. 1974.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1975 59.5 x 84cm, yellow and black duotone silkscreen poster showing Goethe bestride the Rhein and Koln but part of his leg is a skeleton. The text "225 years of Goethe - 111 years of Farbwerke Hoechst" protests the pollution from the chemical company Hoechst. VG+. Scarce.

£65.00

HOLGER DER KAMPF GEHT WEITER – BIS ZUM ENDSIEG DER CDU/CSU. 1974

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, black on white silkscreen print showing Franz Josef Strauss graffiting a wall and escapaing with paint bucket and brush and posters. The slogan on the wall says: "The fight goes on - until the final victory of the CDU/CSU". VG+. 

£45.00

DIE BUNDESREPUBLIK HAT DIE NIEDRIGSTE INFLATIONSRATE – DAS MUSS JETZT ANDERS WERDEN! CDU/CSU. 1974

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, yellow and black on white offset lithographic print showing Franz Josef Strauss with his hand on Alfred Dregger's shoulder both of whom are holding posters with the same text. Dregger and Strauss, despite being nominal rivals, both campaigned on similar issues during the 1974 state election campaign - which Staeck wished to be more noticed. VG+.

£45.00

DER KALTE KRIEG MACHT UNS ERST RICHTIG HEISS! – BUND FREIES DEUTSCHLAND”. 1974.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, yellow and red/black duotone offset lithographic poster showing Franz Josef Strauss, Axel Springer, Gerhard Löwenthal in military uniforms with guns and wounds. The "Bund Freies Deutschland" party was founded during the preparatory phase for the elections for the Berlin House of Representatives in 1975 - the aim was to form a nationwide organised "fourth party" but it was a failure - the party could not win a single seat. Staeck adds the slogan: "THE COLD WAR IS MAKING US REALLY HOT! - BUND FREIES DEUTSCHLAND". VG+.

£45.00

DIE CDU HAT DIE BESTEN TEUFELSAUSTREIBER – KEINER VERSTEHT DAS GESCHÄFT MIT DER ANGST BESSER. 1974.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, yellow and red/black duotone offset lithographic poster showing a photo-collage made up from a still from the film King Kong and a German city. Staeck argued that there were limits on economic growth due to scarcity of raw materials - the title (which is hard to translate) roughly says: The CDU  has the best excuses  - nobody understands the business of fear better". VG+.

£45.00

BIS DER ERSTICKUNGSTOD UNS SCHEIDET . 1974.

Heidelberg/Wiesbaden: Edition Staeck/Hessian Minister for Agriculture and the Environment, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, yellow and red/black duotone offset lithographic poster showing a young married couple in front of factories pumping out industrial pollution and a ruined house. The slogan says: "Until suffocation do us part" and "We don't need to demonize progress, we just have to master it". VG+. 

£45.00

NOSTALGIE IST NOCH LANGE KEIN GRUND CDU ZU WÄHLEN. 1974.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, orange, red and black offset lithographic poster showing a group of old men on a couch with the heads of Ludwig Erhard, Rainer Barzel, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Franz Josef Strauss. Issued by Staeck during the state elections in 1974, when after the energy crisis in the winter of 1973/74, the CDU/CSU promised a return to the days of Konrad Adenauer. VG+.

£45.00

KLASSENKAMPF – FÜR UNSERE KLEINEN IST UNS KEINE KLASSE ZU GROSS. 1974.

Gottinger: Edition Staeck/Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, red, yellow and black offset lithographic poster showing a group of children crowding around two school desks. Published by the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation to support a campaign for smaller class sizes. The slogan makes a joke on "Class struggle": "No class is too big for our little ones - for smaller classes". VG+.

£45.00

ALTERNATIVE AKTIVSPIELPLÄTZE. 1974.

Gottinger: Edition Staeck/Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, n.p. (c. 1974?) 84 x 59.5cm, red, yellow and black offset lithographic poster showing a young girl in a cage - part of a campaign for children's playgrounds with gymnastics equipment. Jointly published with the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation. VG+.

£45.00

25 JAHRE MENSCHENRECHTE 25 JAHRE FOLTER. 1974.

Gottinger: Edition Staeck/Amnesty International, n.p. (c. 1974?) 84 x 59.5cm, green, yellow and black offset lithographic poster showing two soldiers pulling a wounded man by the arms, issued on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights and created by Staeck as a fundraiser for Amnesty International. VG+.

£45.00

KONTUREN EINES AMTSARSCHES – (PROTOTYP) – GEWIDMET HERRN/FRAU/FRL. 1974.

Gottinger: Edition Staeck, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, pink and black offset lithographic poster showing a huge naked bottom on a swivel char and the text: "Contours of an Official's Ass - (Prototype) - Dedicated to Mr./Ms./Miss." and space for a name to be added by the owner. A rather jokey if visually unpleasant work by Staeck attacking officialdom and bureaucracy. VG+.   bare bottom on swivel chair and knee socks; Space below where name can be inserted; 1974

£45.00

DER HIMMEL GEHÖRT ALLEN, DIE ERDE WENIGEN. 1974.

Gottinger: Edition Staeck, 1974 84 x 59.5cm, full colour offset lithographic poster showing a sunset on a beach where there is a sign that says: "Private! No admission! Baron August von Finck". The main headline says "Heaven belongs to everyone, earth to a few". Issued during a public debate on the land law reform.

£45.00

NUR IM GLEICHSCHRITT KÖNNEN WIR DEN SIEG ERBRINGEN!. 1975.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, yellow, red and black on white offset lithographic poster showing Franz Josef Strauss shaking hands with Mao Zedong with the caption "Greetings between two party leaders: Mao-Tsetung receives Franz-Josef Strauss" when the former visited China in January 1975. VG+. 

£45.00

SEIT 1933 PAUSENLOS IN SORGE UM DEINE INNERE SICHERHEIT. 1975.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster with a photocollage by Staeck of Hans Filbinger, in front of a background painting by Caspar David Friedrich. Filbinger was a prominent member of the CDU government in the 70s was forced to resign as minister president and party chairman after allegations about his role as a Nazi navy lawyer and judge in the WWII. VG+.

£40.00

VERGISS DEN KRANKENSCHEIN NICHT! 1975.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster with a photocollage by Staeck of a doctor with a raised index finger holding a large 1000 mark note in his hand; issued on the occasion of a significant increase in the contribution rate for the statutory health insurance funds and the announcement of the high average income of doctors. The text translates to "Don't forget the medical certificate!". VG+.

£40.00

DIE NELKEN BRAUCHEN JETZT WASSER – SOLIDARITÄT MIT PORTUGAL. 1975.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster to raise funds for socialist party of Mario Soares  - Portugal's main left opposition to the Generals. The image is a carnation put in a gun barrel and the text "The carnations need water now - Solidarity with Portugal". VG+.

£45.00

BEKANNTMACHUNG. 1975.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1975 84 x 59.5cm, red and black on white typographic design poster with a text ""Bekanntmachung - Betr.: Radikalerlass - Die Bevölkerung wir noch einmal darauf hingewiesen, dass die ehem. Mitgliedschaft in NSDAP, SA, SD, SS und im NS- Rechtswahrerbund einer Beschäftigung im öffentlichen Dienst nicht entgegensteht - Der Landesbeauftragte für das Gesinnungswesen" which translates to ""Announcement - Re.: Radical decree - The population is once again informed that the former membership in the NSDAP, SA, SD, SS and in the NS Legal Guardian Association does not prevent employment in the public service." Supposedly signed by the Der Landesbeauftragte für das Gesinnungswesen but this is a spoof. VG+.

£40.00
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