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Creator:
Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Title:
Pacificism Is Not Enough
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, blue chalk, white gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 9/16 × 20 inches (37 × 50.8 cm), Sheet: 13 7/16 × 19 1/16 inches (34.1 × 48.4 cm), Image: 11 5/8 × 18 inches (29.5 × 45.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen, with black ink, upper left: "The painful fact emerges that you cannot abolish | war by merely wishing for peace. --| (BRIGHT SAYINGS OF THE WEEK.)" inscribed in white gouache, upper right: "ANY BUTCHER"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, center: "Paper Resolution | Paper Resolution"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower, left: "WELL-MEANING INEFFECTUALS"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower center: "PACIFISM IS NOT ENOUGH."; inscribed in pen, with black ink, center left: "No action No sanctions No trouble"

Signed in brush and black ink, lower right: "LOW"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1986.32.2
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2682
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