American Friends Service Committee

We Can’t Have Both and It’s Time to Choose...
1971

Vintage protest poster with a choice theme, featuring a black-and-white photo of a soldier embracing a child on the left, and a portrait of a smiling man labeled "Thieu?" on the right. Large bold text reads "OR" in the center, with the message "WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH AND IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE Set the date for complete U.S. withdrawal or face an endless war IT'S UP TO US!" at the bottom. Logos for "POW/MIA Families for Immediate Release" and "American Friends Service Committee" are also present.
Vintage protest poster with a choice theme, featuring a black-and-white photo of a soldier embracing a child on the left, and a portrait of a smiling man labeled "Thieu?" on the right. Large bold text reads "OR" in the center, with the message "WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH AND IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE Set the date for complete U.S. withdrawal or face an endless war IT'S UP TO US!" at the bottom. Logos for "POW/MIA Families for Immediate Release" and "American Friends Service Committee" are also present.

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Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 3/4 × 17in. (57.8 × 43.2 cm) Image: 22 3/4 × 17in. (57.8 × 43.2 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.163

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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