International Poster Corp.

Uncle Sam Wants You!
1968

A vintage propaganda poster featuring a figure resembling Uncle Sam, but with a Soviet twist, wearing a red outfit and a cap with a star. The figure is pointing directly at the viewer. Above the figure, Cyrillic letters spell out "ТЫ," which translates to "YOU" in English. Below the figure, in large English letters, the text reads "UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU!" The background includes industrial silhouettes and smokestacks, suggesting a wartime factory setting. The overall color scheme is red, black, and white.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 29 1/2in. (53 × 74.9 cm) Image: 20 7/8 × 29 1/2in. (53 × 74.9 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.26

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

API
artworks/56214

International Poster Corp.
12 works in the collection

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International Poster Corp.

Uncle Sam Wants You! 1968

International Poster Corp. 12 works in the collection

Uncle Sam Wants You!
1968

International Poster Corp.
12 works in the collection