HAEBERLE R. L. - Lot 1169

HAEBERLE R. L. Q. and Babies ? A. and Babies. One of the rarest and most important anti-Vietnam War posters And Babies (December 26, 1969) is an emblematic poster of the war against Vietnam. It's a famous example of the "propaganda art" of the Vietnam War, using the now-famous color photo of the My Lai massacre taken by American combat photographer Ronald L. Haeberle on March 16, 1968. It shows a dozen dead and partly naked South Vietnamese women and babies in distorted positions piled up on a dirt road, killed by American forces. The photo is embedded in a blood-red semi-transparent inscription that asks at the top: "Q. And the babies?", and at the bottom, the answer: "A. And the babies." The quote is from an interview by Mike Wallace, CBS News, with U.S. soldier Paul Meadlo, who participated in the massacre. The letters on the poster came from the New York Times, which had printed a transcript of Meadlo's interview the following day. According to historian Paul Holsinger, And Babies was "by far the most successful poster to express the indignation felt by so many about the conflict in Southeast Asia". / And babies (December 26, 1969) is an iconic anti-Vietnam War poster. It is a famous example of "propaganda art" from the Vietnam War that uses the now infamous color photograph of the My Lai Massacre taken by U.S. combat photographer Ronald L. Haeberle on March 16, 1968. It shows about a dozen dead and partly naked South Vietnamese women and babies in contorted positions stacked together on a dirt road, killed by U.S. forces. The picture is overlaid in semi-transparent blood-red lettering that asks along the top "Q. And babies?", and at the bottom answers "A. And babies." The quote is from a Mike Wallace CBS News television interview with U.S. soldier Paul Meadlo, who participated in the massacre. The lettering was sourced from The New York Times, which printed a transcript of the Meadlo interview the day after. Art Coalition Affiche entoilée/ Vintage Poster on Linnen T.B.E. A + INDOCHINE / INDOCHINA / VIETNAM WAR 64 x 96 Imp. circa 1960