American Newsrepeat Company

ThouShalt NotKill
1967

A black and white poster with the phrase "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" prominently displayed at the top. Below the text, a large image of a man in distress, with his hands on his head, appears to be screaming or shouting. He is superimposed over a dense crowd of soldiers wearing various military hats, suggesting a scene of war or military assembly. The bottom left corner includes a quote attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the bottom right corner contains a quote attributed to Albert Einstein, both commenting on the futility of war.
A black and white poster with the phrase "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" prominently displayed at the top. Below the text, a large image of a man in distress, with his hands on his head, appears to be screaming or shouting. He is superimposed over a dense crowd of soldiers wearing various military hats, suggesting a scene of war or military assembly. The bottom left corner includes a quote attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the bottom right corner contains a quote attributed to Albert Einstein, both commenting on the futility of war.

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Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 28 1/16 × 22 1/4in. (71.3 × 56.5 cm) Image: 28 1/16 × 22 1/4in. (71.3 × 56.5 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.91

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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