Stop the Bomb by Lee

1979

Henry Chalfant

Associated Names
Henry Chalfant

Artist, American, born 1940

This is a photograph of a train car covered in graffiti with a strong anti-war message. The graffiti includes large, bold letters spelling out "STOP THE BOMB," surrounded by various messages and symbols like smoke clouds, a mushroom cloud, and the text "USA," "RUSSIA," and "USSR". The art also includes phrases like "PEACE NOT WAR," and "WAR IS SELFISH DEATH" painted in contrasting colors and styles across the metal surface. The graffiti covers nearly every part of the train car, creating a visual statement against war and violence.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Samuel A. and Sandra Esses, East Hampton, NY; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Henry Chalfant 2/10 '79; on verso of mount, by unknown hand, upper left in blue ink circled, crossed out in graphite: 14; upper left in blue ink: STOP The BOMb (by Lee); center in graphite: 117; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2003.17.49

Wikidata ID

Q64155049

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