Raymond Savignac (1989) – Droits de l’Homme – Original Human Rights Bicentennial Poster

Images Internationales pour les Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen (1989) Original Poster by Raymond Savignac

Original 1989 poster by Raymond Savignac (1907–2002) created for Images Internationales pour les Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen, a set of international posters commissioned for the bicentennial of the 1789 Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen. The series, printed by Artis 89 in Paris, invited well-known artists to design images celebrating the 200th anniversary of human rights.

Savignac’s design shows a figure resembling Marianne or a revolutionary messenger wearing the red Phrygian cap of liberty, flying through the clouds in the form of a dove — a symbol of peace and the ideals of the French Revolution. The poster humorously and simply connects the revolution’s iconography with the universal theme of human rights.

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Details
Artist: Raymond Savignac
Title: Images Internationales pour les Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen
Date: 1989
Printer / Publisher: Artis 89, Paris
Series: International Images for Human Rights, 200th Anniversary of the Declaration
Print Type: Offset Lithograph
Dimensions: 84 × 59 cm / 33 × 23 inches
Condition: Excellent – A condition, original issue
Country: France
Category: Human Rights / Commemorative Poster / 20th-Century Graphic Art

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Comments
Issued in 1989 to commemorate the bicentennial of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. One of a large set by international artists including Raymond Savignac, Uwe Loesch, Seymour Chwast, and others. Original, not a reproduction.