| Maker(s): | Griffin, Rick; Berkeley Bonaparte, Berkeley, California
| | Culture: | American (1944 - 1991)
| | Title: | The Oracle
| | Date Made: | 1967
| | Type: | Poster
| | Materials: | offset lithograph printed in color on paper
| | Place Made: | United States; California; Berkeley
| | Measurements: | sheet: 19 15/16 in x 13 3/16 in; 50.64125 cm x 33.49625 cm; image: 17 15/16 in x 12 1/16 in; 45.56125 cm x 30.63875 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | in print at lower right: RICK GRIFFIN / distributed by (c) BERKELEY BONAPARTE 1967, P.O. BOX 1250, BERKELEY, CALIF.
| | Accession Number: | SC 2011.38.61
| | Credit Line: | Purchased
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
white ground, with THE / ORACLE in elaborate script at top, bands of stars down each side and across bottom, zig-zag pattern on each side at base ending with elaborate symbol, bearded, long haired figure in long white robe, wings, arms out and each hand pouring curling water from an urn, a pair of unicorn heads below him, and small vignette of seated winged figure with staff pouring water onto the ground in a landscape
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