Vote McGovern

1972 lithograph by Andy Warhol

Vote McGovern by Andy Warhol

Vote McGovern, also known as Vote McGovern, 1972,[1] is a 1972 colored lithograph by Andy Warhol. He produced it in support of George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign. The print depicts a photograph of then-President of the United States Richard Nixon with his face dyed green and blue, and with his jacket and tie dyed pink and red, respectively.[2] Nixon was a Republican and McGovern the Democrats' candidate in the 1972 United States presidential election.

It was Warhol's first political poster[3] and has been described as Warhol's "most overtly political work".[2] The photograph of Nixon on which the print is based was taken from a photograph of him and his wife Pat Nixon on the cover of Newsweek; Warhol chose the colors used to dye Nixon's face based on those of Mrs. Nixon's dress.[3] Art critic Jonathan Jones described the print as follows: "Nixon's face is acidic green, colliding shockingly with an orange background, almost like classical Indian art in its chromatic intensity. It captures the way Nixon in the flesh looked like a cartoon, his head too big for his body. But that's all in the way of satire."[4] In 2016, it was featured in a printmaking exhibition at the British Museum.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Weekes, Julia Ann (2008-10-30). "Warhol's Pop Politics". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
2. ^ a b Powers, Edward D. (2012). "Third-Party Politics: Andy Warhol's "Vote McGovern" (1972)". Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. 75 (3): 391–416. ISSN 0044-2992. JSTOR 41642670.
3. ^ a b c Pickford, James (2016-10-12). "Warhol's anti-Nixon poster to go on show at British Museum". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
4. ^ Jones, Jonathan (2001-02-10). "Richard Nixon, Andy Warhol (Vote McGovern), 1972". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-05-12.

## External links

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* Entry at British Museum website

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George McGovern

July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012

United States Senator, South Dakota, 1963–1981

United States House of Representatives, 1957–1961

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* Director, Food for Peace
* World Food Programme
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* McGovern–Hatfield Amendment
* United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs
* United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
* McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program
* World Food Prize

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* 1968 Democratic National Convention
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* Thomas Eagleton
* Sargent Shriver
* 1000 percent
* 1972 United States presidential election

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* Papers and manuscripts
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* Vote McGovern
* Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1972 articles, 1973 book)
* One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005 film)

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