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Maker(s):Chwast, Seymour
Culture:American 20th century
Title:War is Good Business Invest Your Son
Date Made:1967 or before
Type:Poster
Materials:offset lithograph printed in color on paper
Place Made:United States
Measurements:sheet: 27 in x 21 in; 68.58 cm x 53.34 cm; image: 26 1/16 in x 20 1/4 in; 66.19875 cm x 51.435 cm
Narrative Inscription:  in print at lower right: Chwast
Accession Number:  SC 2011.38.111
Credit Line:Purchased
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
dark blue outer border, thin black border, purple ground with WWI soldiers fighting around large light purple and black word WAR, below them in long oval, IS GOOD and below that in black BUSINESS below that in gold and black INVEST below that a line and YOUR on left an image of a fussy woman in 19th century dress and flowered had with long brown curl and small glasses, word SON in blue and mother image of a bearded man with riffle being carried out of water by an African while others in the background are also being carried out the same way; anti war propaganda; sarcasm

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