Hugo Gellert
Racism Chains Both, (c. 1965)
22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
57.1 x 44.5 cm.
57.1 x 44.5 cm.
NY: Communist Party USA and National Black Liberation Commission
177
Gellert's evocative image, printed in his oft-used color pairing of bright red and blue, shows the arms of a black man and a white man chained together. Gellert was a...
Gellert's evocative image, printed in his oft-used color pairing of bright red and blue, shows the arms of a black man and a white man chained together. Gellert was a staunch communist, and his work first appeared in the radical publications of America and his native Hungary, though eventually made their way to a wider audience through The New Yorker and The New York Times. Still, Gellert was brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He refused to answer most of the Committee's questions and though he was not punished directly was, nevertheless, very much monitored by the FBI for decades. Marginal toning and single half-inch tear at right edge, else a near fine example of Gellert's bold political graphics.