Apparatus

Chicken Little Was Right

1968

Cartoon yellow chick holding a peace flag while standing on a pink heart as jets drop bombs above.

Cartoon yellow chick holding a peace flag while standing on a pink heart as jets drop bombs above.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 35 1/8 × 23 in. (89.2 × 58.4 cm) Image: 34 1/4 × 22 3/16 in. (87 × 56.4 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.1

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/56189

Part of a series:
Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Posters
9 works

Two men in black-and-white striped prisoner outfits wave, each wearing political campaign buttons.

Wounded Uncle Sam in torn uniform reaches out with bandaged hand, caption reads "I WANT OUT."

Five nude figures posed against a dark background to form the word "PEACE" with their bodies.

Poster lists casualty figures for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Kent State above a large "What next?" question.

Cartoon yellow chick holding a peace flag while standing on a pink heart as jets drop bombs above.

Three people stand by a vintage car holding rifles and shotguns with determined expressions.

Crowd of protesters holding a sign that reads "This war makes me sick."

Poster reading "SAVE LIVES NOT FACE" with a large stylized purple caricature of a face.

Two photos of Richard Nixon above bold text calling for a Nov 14 strike and Nov 15 marches.

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