Unknown artist

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

A handwritten poem on a white background with the text: "Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work. Carl Sandburg." The handwriting is in black ink, and there are some smudges and marks on the paper.
A handwritten poem on a white background with the text: "Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work. Carl Sandburg." The handwriting is in black ink, and there are some smudges and marks on the paper.

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Date
c. 1960–1970

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (irregular): 12 1/2 × 17in. (31.8 × 43.2 cm) Image (irregular): 12 1/2 × 17in. (31.8 × 43.2 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.353

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

API
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