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June 30, 1905~ Battleship Potemkin leaves Odessa, sails towards Black Sea Fleet

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Poster for Eisenstein’s movie Potemkin by Dolly Rudeman

1926 / Color lithograph / 42 1/2”x25 1/2” / International Advertising & Design DataBase

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“Postering Potemkin”~ https://www.tiff.net/the-review/postering-potemkin
“Battleship Potemkin: What happened to the ship after the movie was over?”~
https://www.rbth.com/history/326276-what-happened-to-battleship-potemkin

Previous June 30 posts:

Pride Month~ June 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/30~

June 29, 1956~ Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 signed into law, creating Interstate Highway System

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Highway by George Tooker

1953 / Egg tempera on gesso hardboard / 22 7/8”x17 7/8” / Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL

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Previous June 29 posts:

Pride Month~ June 29

Lowell George (April 13, 1945-June 29, 1979)

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/29~

June 19, 1866~ First documented celebration of Juneteenth

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Aspiration by Aaron Douglas

Commissioned for the Texas Centennial Exposition’s Hall of Negro Life,
which was officially dedicated on June 19, 1936, in honor of Juneteenth

1936 / Oil On Canvas / 60”x60” / de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Previous June 19 posts:

Pride Month~ June 19

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/19~

June 5, 1968~ Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

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Souvenir II by Kerry James Marshall

1997 / Acrylic, collage and glitter on unstretched canvas banner / 108”x156”
Addison Gallery of American Art, Boston;
on loan to Detroit Institute of Arts until August 2019

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Previous June 5 posts:

Pride Month~ June 5

Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/5~

 

May 30, 1498~ Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America

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Columbus Day Painting by Titus Kaphar

2014 / Oil and mixed media on canvas / 67 3/4”x90 3/4”x4”
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, long-term loan from Dr. Robert B. Feldman

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Previous May 30 posts:

Love & War~ May 30

Benny Goodman: Born May 30, 1909

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/30~

May 29, 1970~ German-born American sculptor Eva Hesse dies

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Ennead by Eva Hesse

1966 / Acrylic, papier-mâché, plastic, plywood, string
Approximately 96”x39”x17” / Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

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Previous May 29 posts:

Love & War~ May 29

May 29, 1913: Premiere of “Le sacre du printemps”

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/29~

May 27, 1930 – The Chrysler Building in New York City opens to the public

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Chrysler Building: Tower by Margaret Bourke-White

1930–31 / Gelatin Silver Print / 5 7/16”x3 13/16” / Various , incl. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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Previous May 27 posts:

Love & War~ May 27

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/27~