Existing comment:
(16) "I want to make it perfectly clear that national defense requires 18-cent oil," 1970.
Published in the Hartford Times, March 1, 1970.
Ink and tonal film overlay over graphite underdrawing with paste-on.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09112 (16)
President Richard M. Nixon gives a speech against a backdrop of oil derricks, pipes, and two smiling figures who are probably oil executives. Edmund Valtman (1914-2005) questioned Nixon's motives for rejecting oil import quotas under the guise of ensuring sufficient oil for defense. By depicting drops of liquid as oil money, dripping into a storage tank labeled "Political Contributions," he strongly signaled the president's interest in bolstering financial support for Republicans in the upcoming Congressional elections. Conservative in outlook, Pulitzer prize winner Valtman proved that he spared no U.S. president, including Nixon, hard scrutiny in his work. For more information about his career and work, please see, Edmund Valtman: The Cartoonist Who Came in from the Cold http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/valtman/ . |