Unknown artist

If Elected I Will Not Serve!
1968

Black and white photograph of a person dressed in a costume resembling Uncle Sam, with a striped top hat and a beard, holding a sign that reads "IF ELECTED I WILL NOT SERVE!" The individual also wears a vest and a badge, and is holding a frying pan. The image has a satirical tone, likely commenting on political themes.
Black and white photograph of a person dressed in a costume resembling Uncle Sam, with a striped top hat and a beard, holding a sign that reads "IF ELECTED I WILL NOT SERVE!" The individual also wears a vest and a badge, and is holding a frying pan. The image has a satirical tone, likely commenting on political themes.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 × 17in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm) Image: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.22

Series
Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Posters

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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