L'Union fait la force ou commend, en eliminant St. George, les dragons de Jurassic Park ont garder la Vache qui Rit [Unity makes strength or 'commend', by eliminating St. George, Jurassic Park's dragons have keep the cow laughing]

Mail Art. The image refers to the legend of St George who slew the dragon to save the princess, here as Marianne (the French symbol of national liberation), surrounded by stamps of Jurassic Park dinosaurs; collage with a drawing for the body of the princess.

Archive & Special Collections MS 381333/04 Restrictions

Order number: MS 381333
Date(s) of creation: 1994
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000046/00001
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MS 381333
callnumber MS 381333/04
callnumber_txt MS 381333/04
callnumber-sort MS 381333/04
prefix_number 04
title L'Union fait la force ou commend, en eliminant St. George, les dragons de Jurassic Park ont garder la Vache qui Rit [Unity makes strength or 'commend', by eliminating St. George, Jurassic Park's dragons have keep the cow laughing]
scb_date_creation 1994
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 item
author Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
author_facet Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
authorStr Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
author_letter Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
format Archive
scb_acquisition The donation was made to SOAS Library in June 2018 by Elsbeth Court, an academic who teaches African Art on the IFCELS course at SOAS, with the support and agreement of the artist Hassan Musa.
description Mail Art. The image refers to the legend of St George who slew the dragon to save the princess, here as Marianne (the French symbol of national liberation), surrounded by stamps of Jurassic Park dinosaurs; collage with a drawing for the body of the princess.
scb_access_status Restrictions
scb_conditions_gov_access Requests to access this collection should be made to the Archives & Special Collections department in advance.
scb_copyright Copyright in the artwork of Hassan Musa assigned to SOAS by the artist, 2018. Copyrights persist in other images and texts. The user is advised to investigate copyrights before making any re-use of this material.
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs brown paper envelope 16cm x 23cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000046/00001
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 381333
hierarchy_sequence MS_381333.0004

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