Tom Lafferty

War Is Hell! Ask the Man Who Fought One
c. 1960–1970

Black and white poster featuring a close-up of a soldier's face with a weary expression, wearing a helmet. Bold text overlaid reads "War Is Hell! Ask The Man Who Fought One." Below, there is smaller text detailing information about anti-war parades and rallies with date, time, and contact information.

Not on view

Date
c. 1960–1970

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 21 × 14in. (53.3 × 35.6 cm) Image: 21 × 14in. (53.3 × 35.6 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.205

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/56393

Exhibitions

An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Tom Lafferty
2 works in the collection

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Tom Lafferty

War Is Hell! Ask the Man Who Fought One c. 1960–1970

Exhibitions

Tom Lafferty 2 works in the collection

War Is Hell! Ask the Man Who Fought One
c. 1960–1970

Tom Lafferty
2 works in the collection