Subway poster for School of Visual Arts designed by Gail Anderson

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This is a subway poster for the School of Visual Arts designed by Gail Anderson and illustrated by Terry Allen, featuring a quote from President Barack Obama and an abstract flower with eyes for leaves. The poster has a black background. In the upper left quadrant is white text that reads “IN / REAFFIRMING / THE / GREATNESS / OF OUR / NATION, / WE / UNDERSTAND / THAT / GREATNESS / IS NEVER A / GIVEN.” The text continues in the bottom right quadrant “IT / MUST / BE / EARNED. /PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA / Inaugural Address – January 20, 2009.” Down the center of the poster is a red flower on a tall green stem, growing out of a green mound at the bottom center of the poster. The red flower at the top of the stem is the same as the flower logo for the School of Visual Arts.

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