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Poster, Food Is a Weapon
This is a Poster. It was published by Office of War Information. It is dated 1943 and we acquired it in 1987. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This poster shines a spotlight on a plate of chicken bones, pulling drama from mundane circumstances. The arresting headline heightens the emotional intensity.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Cleaning Your Plate for Your Country.
This object was
donated by
Unknown donor: unsolicited gift.
It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.
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- 1949-108-8
![An offset lithograph on paper print mounted on blue paper which advertises Stetson Hats. In the center a photograph of a grey Stetson hat is placed on top of a blue printed head shown in left-facing profile and covered with trigonometric workings in white. In the lower left a small factory is silhouetted against a yellow sky, with dark grey smoke billowing from a chimney towards the right and two windows outlined in white. A shaft of light, as if from a torch, illuminates the back of the head to our right. Text in yellow and white found above the head reads [The enemy wants to know what you know...], with the word 'you' in white, and the rest in yellow; while text below the head reads [Keep it under your STETSON], with the word [STETSON] in capital letters. The work is signed in the lower right corner of the print [E. McKnight Kauffer] in white.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/55913_62071656282d1719_n.jpg "Print, Keep It Under Your Stetson")
- Print, Keep It Under Your Stetson
- offset lithograph on paper, mounted on blue paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-726
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Poster, Give 'em Both Barrels
- offset lithograph on wove paper.
- Gift of Unknown Donor.
- 1980-32-1201
- Poster, Our Allies Need Eggs; Your Farm Can Help
- lithograph.
- Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
- 15.2019.45
- Print, Aim High!
- offset lithograph on glossy white paper.
- Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A.....
- 2016-54-55
Its dimensions are
H x W: 57.8 × 41.6 cm (22 3/4 × 16 3/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Poster, Food Is a Weapon; Published by Office of War Information; USA; lithograph on paper; H x W: 57.8 × 41.6 cm (22 3/4 × 16 3/8 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1987-24-23
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition How Posters Work.
