Richard Avedon

who has a better right to oppose the war?
1969

A vintage poster featuring a young man in a bright red military uniform with a white dove perched on his outstretched hand. The background is a gradient of blue to white, and there is a bold caption at the bottom reading "who has a better right to oppose the war?" Additional text includes information about a student mobilization committee to end the war in Vietnam. The poster has a signature in the bottom left corner and shows some signs of wear and tear.
A vintage poster featuring a young man in a bright red military uniform with a white dove perched on his outstretched hand. The background is a gradient of blue to white, and there is a bold caption at the bottom reading "who has a better right to oppose the war?" Additional text includes information about a student mobilization committee to end the war in Vietnam. The poster has a signature in the bottom left corner and shows some signs of wear and tear.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 37 1/4 × 24in. (94.6 × 61 cm) Image: 33 5/16 × 24in. (84.6 × 61 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.265

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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