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 illustration of a red, white, and blue pencil. The poster has a black background with white text. Across the top margin is white text that reads “IN REAFFIRMING THE GREATNESS OF OUR NATION, / WE / UNDERSTAND / THAT / GREATNESS / IS NEVER A / GIVEN.” The text is continued in the bottom right quadrant “IT / MUST / BE / EARNED. / PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA / Inaugural Address – January 20, 2009.” In the center of the poster is a large poster with the shaft striped, red, white, and blue. The collar of the pencil is colored to resemble wood.

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