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Peter Saul, Shicago Justus (Chicago Justice) from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness, 1971

Peter Saul, Shicago Justus (Chicago Justice) from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness, 1971

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Peter Saul

Shicago Justus, from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness, 1971

Four color lithograph on Arches paper

19 inches x 25 inches x .75 inches

Signed Artist Proof

American Pop Art master Peter Saul's "Shicago Just Us" is a powerful four color lithograph proofed by hand and pulled by machine from zinc plates on Arches paper at the Shorewood-Bank Street Atelier, New York. It was created in one of the most desirable and influential eras, the early Seventies. Peter Saul is one of the pioneers of the Pop Art movement - especially recognized for his powerful anti-War pieces of the early Seventies; the subject of a monumental exhibition at the New Museum. This politically evocative piece of protest art was created for the legendary portfolio "CONSPIRACY: the Artist as Witness", published by the Center for Constitutional Rights, to raise money for the legal defense of the Chicago 7, a group of Yippies, radicals and anti-Vietnam War activists indicted by President Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell for conspiring to riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. (1968 was also the year Bobby Kennedy was killed and American casualties in Vietnam exceeded 30,000.) The eight demonstrators included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. (Bobby Seale was severed from the case and sentenced to four years for contempt after being handcuffed, shackled to a chair and gagged - hence the "Chicago 7".) This work is a homage to Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panthers, and the artist's message about the kind of Justice Seale got in Chicago during the Conspiracy Trial is anything but subtle! Although Abbie Hoffman would later point out that these (now famous) radicals couldn't even agree on lunch, the jury convicted them of conspiracy. All of the convictions, contempt citations and lengthy jail sentences were ultimately overturned by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. This particular piece by Paul is a tribute to Bobby Seale, whose Constitutional rights were trampled upon by the lower court. For fans of Pop Artist Peter Saul, and for students of American history who appreciate Bobby Seale, as well as for collectors of Art of the Sixties - and protest art -- and for those who still believe in social justice, this iconic print symbolizes a piece of American history! Many editions of this work are already in the collections of major museums and institutions.
Stamped in ink on verso: COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY PETER SAUL
Measurements:
Framed:
19 inches (vertical) x 25 inches (horizontal)
Sheet:
18 inches (vertical) x 24 inches (horizontal)

Not examined outside of vintage 1970s metal frame, but no apparent issues. Looks great

Measurements

Height: 19.00

Width: 25.00

Depth: 0.75

Peter Saul, Shicago Justus (Chicago Justice) from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness, 1971

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