Anonymous - Lot 114

Anonymous The Army imprisons. Circa 1970. Letterpress poster. Sheet size: 424x580, printed in red and black. Fine proof on yellow beige vellum. Vertical and horizontal median folds. Full margins. Published by the Committee for the Release of Imprisoned Soldiers. Since October 20, 1969, four soldiers had been incarcerated, three in Rennes prison and one in Landau, Germany. They were accused of possessing two anti-militarist newspapers and a petition (which had not yet been circulated). Jean-Paul Sartre, Alain Krivine, member of the political bureau of the Ligue communiste (Trotskyist) and Michel Rocard, national secretary of the P.S.U., were part of the committee set up for their release.