Richard Avedon

who has a better right to oppose the war?
1969

A stylized poster featuring a man in a bright red military uniform holding a white dove on his outstretched hand. The background is a gradient of blue to white, and there is text at the bottom reading "who has a better right to oppose the war?" along with additional information about a student mobilization committee to end the war in Vietnam. The poster has a signature in the bottom left corner.
A stylized poster featuring a man in a bright red military uniform holding a white dove on his outstretched hand. The background is a gradient of blue to white, and there is text at the bottom reading "who has a better right to oppose the war?" along with additional information about a student mobilization committee to end the war in Vietnam. The poster has a signature in the bottom left corner.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 37 3/4 × 24in. (95.9 × 61 cm) Image: 33 5/8 × 24in. (85.4 × 61 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.264

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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