HAEBERLE R. L. Lot n° 918

And Babies (December 26, 1969) is a poster emblematic of the war against Vietnam. It is a famous example of the "art of propaganda" of the Vietnam War using the now famous colour photograph of the My Lai massacre taken by the American combat photographer Ronald L. Haeberle on 16 March 1968. It shows a dozen dead and partly naked South Vietnamese women and babies in deformed positions piled up on a dirt road, killed by American forces. The photo is inlaid with a semi-transparent blood-red inscription that reads, "Q. What about the babies?", and at the bottom, the answer: "A. What about the babies?" The quote is from a CBS News interview with U.S. soldier Paul Meadlo, who was involved in the massacre, by Mike Wallace, CBS News. The letters on the poster came from the New York Times, which had printed a transcript of Meadlo's interview the next day. According to historian Paul Holsinger, And babies was "by far the most successful poster to express the outrage felt by so many people 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 Vintage Poster on Linnen T.B.E. A + 64 x 96 cm