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Object Details
- Date
- 1985
- Artist
- Barbara Kruger, born Newark, NJ 1945
- Publisher
- Peter Blum Edition
- Gallery Label
- Barbara Kruger is known for pairing incisive text with found photographs, usually taken from old advertisements or magazine illustrations. In this piece, she recasts an English proverb-- "Children should be seen and not heard"--as a "we" statement of refusal and protest. The force of each word is underscored by an image of an expressive hand gesture.
- Who do you think is the "we" in this statement?
- Topic
- Figure female\child\bust
- Allegory\civic\rebellion
- Object\letter
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- 1986.50H
- Type
- Graphic Arts-Print
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- photo-offset lithograph and screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (52.0 x 52.0 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- saam_1986.50H