Gran Fury

You've Got Blood On Your Hands, Ed Koch
1988

A protest poster with a bold black border featuring a large red handprint in the center. Above the handprint, text in capital letters reads "YOU'VE GOT BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS, ED KOCH." Below the handprint, additional text states "NYC AIDS CARE DOESN'T EXIST." The overall design conveys a strong political message criticizing the lack of AIDS care in New York City during Ed Koch's tenure as mayor.

A protest poster with a bold black border featuring a large red handprint in the center. Above the handprint, text in capital letters reads "YOU'VE GOT BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS, ED KOCH." Below the handprint, additional text states "NYC AIDS CARE DOESN'T EXIST." The overall design conveys a strong political message criticizing the lack of AIDS care in New York City during Ed Koch's tenure as mayor.

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Date
1988

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 8 9/16in. (35.7 × 21.7 cm) Image: 14 1/16 × 8 9/16in. (35.7 × 21.7 cm)

Accession number
2018.118

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gran Fury

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/59732

Exhibitions

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

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Gran Fury
7 works in the collection

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