2010.54.2019

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untitled (female figure)
untitled (female figure)
c 1968
22.75 in HIGH x 17.00 in WIDE
(57.78 cm HIGH x 43.18 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.2019

Front bottom left corner has "Graphic Arts of Marin Inc." with an unreadable union label #5. Front bottom right corner has "Woodcut and calligraphy by Pele Murdock."





Poster shows a female figure with an eye patch over her proper right eye. There are four paragraphs of black text on the poster. The text on the left side of the poster states "Last month the U.S. technology center..Got a contract for 100 m. pounds of an improved napalm jelly, including 50% polystyrene.. / napalm, and its more horrible campanion, white phosphorus provide for the children of Vietnam fates more horrible to the civilized conscience than stilling of life. young flesh is scared, liquidized & carved into grotesque forms.." The text on the right side of the poster states "for countless thousands of children in Vietnam. Breathing is quickened by terror & pain & Tiny Bodies learn more about death everyday / It is clear that we as americans & the United States as our nation must stand alone the responsibility for the horrible, massive Burning of the children of Vietnam.."
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