Lambert Studios, Inc.

War is Good Business, Invest Your Son
1969

A graphic poster featuring a blue and red duotone image of the Pieta sculpture, with the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus. Above and below the image, bold red text reads "WAR IS GOOD BUSINESS INVEST YOUR SON." The text is set against a dark blue background.

Not on view

Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 7/8in. (34.9 × 27.6 cm) Image: 13 1/8 × 10 5/16in. (33.3 × 26.2 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.219

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/56407

Exhibitions

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

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Lambert Studios, Inc.
2 works in the collection

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Lambert Studios, Inc.

War is Good Business, Invest Your Son 1969

Exhibitions

Lambert Studios, Inc. 2 works in the collection

War is Good Business, Invest Your Son
1969

Lambert Studios, Inc.
2 works in the collection