Eat
Poster
1967 (made)
1967 (made)
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Vietnam was the first conflict broadcast to the world by television. The live images and harrowing photography elicited a massive and emotional anti-war movement within America itself. Many artists such as Tomi Ungerer expressed their outrage through the potent medium of posters. The German-born Ungerer, who lived in America between 1956 and 1970, is famous for his acerbic and iconoclastic visual commentaries. This poster makes its impact in a starkly satiric style. His use of the Statue of Liberty subverts a popular symbol of American freedom and has overtones of violation.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Eat (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Anti-Vietnam War poster by Tomi Ungerer USA, 1967 |
| Physical description | Illustration of a Vietnamese man, coloured yellow, being force fed the Statue of Liberty. Black background. Red printed letters spell 'EAT.' |
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| Marks and inscriptions | EAT (printed in red on white) |
| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | Vietnam was the first conflict broadcast to the world by television. The live images and harrowing photography elicited a massive and emotional anti-war movement within America itself. Many artists such as Tomi Ungerer expressed their outrage through the potent medium of posters. The German-born Ungerer, who lived in America between 1956 and 1970, is famous for his acerbic and iconoclastic visual commentaries. This poster makes its impact in a starkly satiric style. His use of the Statue of Liberty subverts a popular symbol of American freedom and has overtones of violation. |
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| Other number | LS.2483 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.145-2004 |
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| Record created | July 5, 2004 |
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