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WAR IS HELL!

Poster
1968 (made)
Artist/Maker
Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (issuer)
Place of origin
United States (made)

The Student Mobilization Committee emerged out of increasing concern among the young about the apparent direction of the conflict in Vietnam. Their message here is unequivocal: WAR IS HELL! Given the advancements in late twentieth century telecommunications, the Vietnam War was the first armed conflict to be brought into civilian homes via television footage and grisly reportage photographs of the dead and wounded. The large-scale image is used for added effect.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleWAR IS HELL! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Anti-Vietnam war poster issued by Student Mobilization Committee. United States, 1968.
Physical description
Black and white photographic image of two soldiers cradling the head of their dying comrade. Text in white on black above and below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.7cm
  • Width: 43.1cm
  • Height: 559
  • Width: 432mm
  • Height: 559mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • WAR IS HELL!/ ASK THE MAN WHO FOUGHT ONE.../ [photographic image]/ DEMONSTRATE TO END THE WAR/ APRIL 27, 1968/ BRING OUR MEN HOME/ FROM VIETNAM NOW!/ Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 17 E. 17th St. N.Y., N.Y. 10003 (212)255-1075 (white on black ground)
  • (this space for local information) (black on white ground)
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
Subjects depicted
Death
War
Politics
Propaganda
Soldiers
Vietnam War
Place depicted
United States
Summary
The Student Mobilization Committee emerged out of increasing concern among the young about the apparent direction of the conflict in Vietnam. Their message here is unequivocal: WAR IS HELL! Given the advancements in late twentieth century telecommunications, the Vietnam War was the first armed conflict to be brought into civilian homes via television footage and grisly reportage photographs of the dead and wounded. The large-scale image is used for added effect.
Other number
LS.1093 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.309-2004

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Record createdAugust 18, 2004
Record URL
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