BIB_ID
192870
Accession number
MA 4722 (1)
Creator
Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), 1922-1981.
Published
1964 Dec. 25.
Credit line
Gift of Allan Frumkin, 1991.
Description
1 drawing.
34.4 x 26 cm. (13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed H. C. W. Given to Allan Frumkin.
Provenance
Allan Frumkin.
Summary
Depicting an American eagle atop an army helmet and rifle, clutching a starred-and-striped boxing glove in its beak, with a line of infantrymen disintegrating into dismembered body parts. With a flag, posted on a shovel, depicting a skull and crossbones and reading, "Slogan of the 5th marines: `We always pick up our own dead'!"
Medium
Pen and black ink, color wash.
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