print
- Museum number
- 1995,0507.2
- Title
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Object: Vietnam with helicopters and kids
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Series: Gift of America
- Description
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Fleet of approaching helicopters, with two Vietnamese children in foreground, one of whom is lying on the ground and the other is viewed screaming within a weapon's target scope. 1967
Sepia etching and aquatint
- Production date
- 1967
- Dimensions
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Height: 600 millimetres
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Width: 400 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A protest against the American involvement in the Vietnam War. This print produced in 1967 is no.3 from the artist's series 'Gift of America', 1966-68, which was published to support the group Artists Against Racism and the War in Boston, Massachusetts. It was produced in an edition of 50 plus 10 artist proofs.
The artist wrote to Frances Carey on 27/2/95 that "A group of Boston artists formed a group 'Artists Against War & Racism' and Impressions Press pulled them for us". The artist explained that the series title is ironic: 'Napalm (Gift [German for 'poison'] of America".
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: American-Vietnam War
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1995,0507.2