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Author
News Map of the Week, Inc.
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Lithographed world map, in color. Shows political boundaries and military events of World War II, from December 5 to 11, 1941. Relief illustrated with hachures. Includes a legend indicating national sovereignty, including colonies. Descriptive text throughout, e.g.: Route over which Mexican forces will travel to Lower California. Map indexed according to historical notes beneath map. Features photographs, illustrations, and international time zones. With three inset maps: The Philippine Islands -- Japanese target -- Hitler's Best bets for winter. Also, with diagram: Aliens in America. Map is 56 x 115 cm, on sheet 89 x 120 cm, folded to 31 x 23 cm.
Author
[Shiomi, Mieko, Maciunas, George]
Note
Single folded sheet 36.5x85, tipped and folded into a paper portfolio with 4 sections with a string and button closure 19x22. Created to document the directions in which a number of artists faced at a specific moment in time. With descriptions of each artist's movements appearing on a map of the northern hemisphere. The arrangement of words in the descriptions resembles a visual poem. A compass printed on the lower left side has copyright information and reads: "This is the record of various directions to which people were simultaneously moving or facing around 10PM (Greenwich time) October 15th 1965." the portfolio signed and numbered by the artist. Library has no. 243 in an edition of 500.
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