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Q. And babies? A. And babies.
Poster
1970 (published)
1970 (published)
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This poster was produced by an alliance of artists opposed to American military involvement in Vietnam, and combines words and images that had already attracted a great deal of notoriety in the USA. Ron Haeberle's disturbing image of Vietnamese families murdered by American soldiers at My Lai is captioned with chilling phrases taken from a television interview with one of the soldiers who was present during the massacre.
Object details
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| Title | Q. And babies? A. And babies. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Poster by the Art Workers Coalition, using photography by Ronald Haeberle, entitled 'Q. And Babies? A. And Babies'. USA, 1970. |
| Physical description | Landscape format poster. Photograph taken in Vietnam of the My Lai massacre, 1968. A sandy road, bordered by grass or reeds on both sides, stretches from foreground to some point beyond margin of image. On it lie the dead bodies of Vietnamese people including several children and babies. A caption across the top of the image reads 'Q. And babies?' and across the bottom 'A. And babies'. It is a quote from an American soldier called Paul Meadlo during his testimony of having participated in the massacre of between approximately 350 and 500 unarmed people, killed by the U.S. Army on 16th March 1968 for have supposedly sheltered members of the Viet Cong. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Steef Davidson |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
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| Summary | This poster was produced by an alliance of artists opposed to American military involvement in Vietnam, and combines words and images that had already attracted a great deal of notoriety in the USA. Ron Haeberle's disturbing image of Vietnamese families murdered by American soldiers at My Lai is captioned with chilling phrases taken from a television interview with one of the soldiers who was present during the massacre. |
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| Accession number | E.233-1985 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2003 |
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