Unknown artist

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo...
c.1960–1970

A graphic artwork featuring two red halftone images of a woman's face, one facing forward and the other in profile, set against a white background with aged edges. Below the images is a poem printed in red, referencing historical battles and the passage of time, with the recurring line "I am the grass; let me work," attributed to Carl Sandburg.
A graphic artwork featuring two red halftone images of a woman's face, one facing forward and the other in profile, set against a white background with aged edges. Below the images is a poem printed in red, referencing historical battles and the passage of time, with the recurring line "I am the grass; let me work," attributed to Carl Sandburg.

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Date
c.1960–1970

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 28 1/2 × 21 3/4in. (72.4 × 55.2 cm) Image: 28 1/2 × 21 3/4in. (72.4 × 55.2 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.308

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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