"Some Necks....!"
Date1942-05
Mediumprinted paper
Dimensions9 5/8 x 13 15/16 in.
ClassificationsMagazine
Credit LineGift of Benjamin and Miriam Rudolph
Object number830.92
Object DescriptionColor illustration. Features caricatures of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt. This work minimizes the Axis powers, which are so small that they become like dolls held by Stalin's fingers as he stands between Churchill and Roosevelt, all in stereotypical Nazi garb Printed at bottom left: "For information concerning reprints of this feature see advertisement on page 157." Printed signature of Arthur Szyk/1942 at lower right. Handwritten in ink on lower left is date "May '42." "The title likely came from Churchill's 1942 address to the Canadian Parliament in which he referenced a French general who said: 'In three weeks England (would) have her neck wrung like a chicken.' The Prime Minister responded: 'Some chicken, some neck!" to the audience's roar of approval.'"
Collections
- In the Galleries
Keywords
- English
- Response-world Jewish
- Response-world public
- Churchill, Winston
- Stalin, Joseph
- Truman, Harry
- Visual arts
- Szyk, Arthur
- Culture
1943-09-07
Object number: 1999.A.574
