Nixon - La Peste Dehors!
Poster
ca. 1969 (made)
ca. 1969 (made)
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This poster criticises (newly elected) U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon's role in escalating conflicts during the Vietnam War. In 1969, Nixon pledged to continue military support for South Vietnam, engaged in a brutal conflict against North Vietnamese Communists. This poster was probably produced by protesting French students. While many such protest posters were produced by dissenting American youth, the French also had strong ties to Vietnam, where France excercised colonial rule until 1954.
Object details
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| Title | Nixon - La Peste Dehors! (assigned by artist) |
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| Brief description | Nixon - La Peste Dehors! Anti-Vietnam war poster. Death and fascism. France, ca. 1969. |
| Physical description | American flag shredded into caricature of Nixon. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Nixon - La Peste Dehors!
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| 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 | This poster criticises (newly elected) U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon's role in escalating conflicts during the Vietnam War. In 1969, Nixon pledged to continue military support for South Vietnam, engaged in a brutal conflict against North Vietnamese Communists. This poster was probably produced by protesting French students. While many such protest posters were produced by dissenting American youth, the French also had strong ties to Vietnam, where France excercised colonial rule until 1954. |
| Bibliographic reference | David Crowley and Jane Pavitt eds.
Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970. V&A Publishing, 2008. 319p.:ill. ISBN:9781851775439 |
| Other number | LS.1644 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.137-2004 |
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| Record created | October 10, 2005 |
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