Michael Lynne

Give A Damn, Mend America
1969

A vintage poster with a bold message "GIVE A DAMN" at the top and "MEND AMERICA" at the bottom in capital letters. The central graphic features a stylized American flag with the stars on the right and the stripes on the left, appearing torn in the middle and being stitched together with a needle and thread. The poster has a cream background and uses red and blue colors for the text and imagery, with a signature and date '69 at the bottom right.
A vintage poster with a bold message "GIVE A DAMN" at the top and "MEND AMERICA" at the bottom in capital letters. The central graphic features a stylized American flag with the stars on the right and the stripes on the left, appearing torn in the middle and being stitched together with a needle and thread. The poster has a cream background and uses red and blue colors for the text and imagery, with a signature and date '69 at the bottom right.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 36 × 24in. (91.4 × 61 cm) Image: 36 × 24in. (91.4 × 61 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.12

Series
Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Posters

Publication
Published by Poster Prints

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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