Charles Cajori

Pax Americana

1967

Several abstract, tangled human figures rendered in bold black strokes forming a chaotic pile.
Several abstract, tangled human figures rendered in bold black strokes forming a chaotic pile.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 21 × 26 in. (53.3 × 66 cm) Image: 15 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (39.4 × 59.7 cm)

Accession number
2006.50.3

Edition
50/100

Publication
Printed by The Gehenna Press; published by Artists and Writers Protest, Inc.

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/28101

Part of a series:
ARTISTS AND WRITERS PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR IN VIET NAM, 1967
17 works

A black-and-white collage of overlapping wooden drawers and panels forming a tall abstract structure.
A large black curved faucet-like shape with a red nozzle against a bright blue background.
A red sketch of a screaming human head above scattered red paint strokes across a pale background.
A distressed mother holding two children with a large red X painted over them.
Black rectangular collage with moon images, ruler, circular cutout, and small standing figure silhouettes.
Two stacked handwritten notes list many "no" statements protesting war and injustice.
Several abstract, tangled human figures rendered in bold black strokes forming a chaotic pile.
Orange booklet titled POEMS centered on a plain cover with small black text.
Bold red curved band across the top with a thin red diagonal line meeting at a corner.
Soft pink brushstrokes form a loosely draped square shape on a pale background.

Charles Cajori
3 works in the collection, 2 exhibitions

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