Object number:
2010.54.1256
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Untitled (Hitler with Nixon Mask)
Date made:
1970
Material/Technique:
Screen print on paper
Dimensions:
H: 36 in, W: 24 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Poster has a stylized drawing of Adolf Hitler from the waist up. In his right hand Hitler is holding a mask with the face of Richard Nixon. On his left arm Hitler is wearing an arm band with a red circle that contains a black swastika. [The imagery is derived from a Paris, 1968 poster of identical composition showing Hitler holding a President De Gaulle mask. -LMC]
Concepts:
mask; satire; swastika; male
Persons:
Richard M. Nixon; Adolf Hitler
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