The War is Over!
Poster
1972 (photographed), 1975 (printed)
1972 (photographed), 1975 (printed)
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'The War is Over!' rally in New York Central Park in 1975 celebrated the end of the Vietnam War and the culmination of the anti-war movement. Over 100,000 people attended. The organisers were the 'troubadour of the New Left' Phil Ochs and fellow activist Cora Weiss. Ochs's original design for the poster adapted a Second World War depiction of a soldier kissing a nurse on V.E. day. However the planning committee considered it chauvinistic, and this photograph taken in Vietnam was substituted instead.
Object details
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| Title | The War is Over! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster advertising 'The War Is Over!' Rally (USA, 1970) |
| Physical description | End of Vietnam War celebration poster. Photographic image of Vietnamese woman in traditional dress releasing white doves from outstretched arms. Printed in black and white. Three doves perched on each arm. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The War is Over! |
| 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 | 'The War is Over!' rally in New York Central Park in 1975 celebrated the end of the Vietnam War and the culmination of the anti-war movement. Over 100,000 people attended. The organisers were the 'troubadour of the New Left' Phil Ochs and fellow activist Cora Weiss. Ochs's original design for the poster adapted a Second World War depiction of a soldier kissing a nurse on V.E. day. However the planning committee considered it chauvinistic, and this photograph taken in Vietnam was substituted instead. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Political Graphics: Art as a Weapon' by Robert Philippe Oxford: Phaidon, 1982. Page 295 |
| Other number | LS.1071 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.631-2004 |
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| Record created | July 2, 2004 |
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