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From the People who brought you Vietnam: the anti-ballistic missile system

Poster
ca.1968 (made)
Artist/Maker
SANE (National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy) (publishers)
Sorel, Edward (designer)
Place of origin
United States (made)

'From the people who brought you Vietnam: The anti ballistic missile system', anti nuclear missile poster, lithograph. The slogan runs above and below the image, a caricature of army officers excitedly looking on while one of them lights the fuse of a missile with his lighter. Below is text explaining the organisation (SANE) and its philosophy, with a coupon to fill in for donating funds to their cause.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Politics
Caricatures & Cartoons
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleFrom the People who brought you Vietnam: the anti-ballistic missile system (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
"From the people who brought you Vietnam: The anti ballistic missile system', anti nuclear missile poster, lithograph designed by Edward Sorel for SANE, United States, about 1968
Physical description
'From the people who brought you Vietnam: The anti ballistic missile system', anti nuclear missile poster, lithograph. The slogan runs above and below the image, a caricature of army officers excitedly looking on while one of them lights the fuse of a missile with his lighter. Below is text explaining the organisation (SANE) and its philosophy, with a coupon to fill in for donating funds to their cause.
Dimensions
  • Height: 96.4cm
  • Width: 63.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'From the people who brought you Vietnam: The anti ballistic missile system
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
War
Satire
Soldiers
Officers
Uniforms
Missiles
Caricatures
Medals
Other number
LS.1074 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.212-2004

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Record createdFebruary 21, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121291/from-the-people-who-brought-poster-sorel-edward/
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