Object number:
2010.54.3290
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
(untitled) [older couple weeping over military casket]
Maker:
Carlos Cortez
Date made:
circa 1970
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 20 in, W: 17 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 linocut drawing of a man with his arm around a woman. They are weeping at the deceased in a casket with a United States flag draped over it, presumably a son or relative killed in military action. The artist, Carlos Cortez, was a conscientious objector during World War II. -LMC]
Concepts:
man; worker; Vietnam War; dead
Places:
Chicago, Illinois
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