Vicky 1913-1966
'No Coloureds'
pen and ink on paper
26.2 x 16.2
1987-422xxiii
@Associated Newspapers Ltd.
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery
As well as his political cartoons, Victor 'Vicky' Weisz also made works of social commentary based on issues of his time. This work refers to the prejudice against people of...
As well as his political cartoons, Victor 'Vicky' Weisz also made works of social commentary based on issues of his time. This work refers to the prejudice against people of colour during the 1950s and 1960s and to the signs commonly displayed in both the United Kingdom and United States at that time.
Provenance
Presented by Mr and Mrs Barry Fealdman 1987Literature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 105.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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