The Gran Fury collection, 1987-1995, contains examples of Gran Fury's artwork in the form of posters, stickers, fliers, printed ads, billboards and bus signs, as well as photograph and slide reproductions.
Original art available only by permission of the Curator of Manuscripts.
Additional formats (note)
available in the NYPL Digital Gallery.
Terms of use (note)
In donating this collection to The New York Public Library, Gran Fury declared their works to be in the public domain.
Source (note)
Lindell, John
Biography (note)
Gran Fury was an artists' collective devoted to AIDS activism through agitprop art.
Processing action (note)
Processed
Author
Gran Fury (Artists' collective).
Title
Gran Fury collection, 1987-1995.
Additional formats
The majority of the collection's visual projects are available in the NYPL Digital Gallery.
Terms of use
In donating this collection to The New York Public Library, Gran Fury declared their works to be in the public domain.
Restricted access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Access
Original art available only by permission of the Curator of Manuscripts.
Biography
Gran Fury was an artists' collective devoted to AIDS activism through agitprop art. Gran Fury drew its membership from the ranks of ACT UP/NY (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York). It was named after the Plymouth automobile favored by the New York City Police Department.
Finding aids
Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Location of other archival materials
Related collections include the ACT UP New York Records, ACT UP Oral History Project Videotapes, AIDS Activist Videotape Collection, and International Gay Information Center Collection; Manuscripts and Archives Division; New York Public Library.