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Playboy (On View), from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home

A colorful collage of individual magazine photos of Vietnamese citizens and American soldiers. A woman holds a white flag, another woman holds a blanket, a nude woman folds her hands over her vagina, and a man points directly at the viewer. Two soldiers hold guns, one with his back to the viewer, the other in silhouette. On the right, children look curiously to the viewer's left.
© 1967-72 Martha Rosler.

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  • A colorful collage of individual magazine photos of Vietnamese citizens and American soldiers. A woman holds a white flag, another woman holds a blanket, a nude woman folds her hands over her vagina, and a man points directly at the viewer. Two soldiers hold guns, one with his back to the viewer, the other in silhouette. On the right, children look curiously to the viewer's left.

Date:

1967–72

Artist:

Martha Rosler
American, born 1943

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Martha Rosler

Title

Playboy (On View), from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1967–1972

Medium

Photomontage

Edition

10 of 10, plus 2 artist's proofs

Dimensions

50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior gift of Adeline Yates

Reference Number

2008.185.14

Copyright

© 1967-72 Martha Rosler.

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