Beautiful painting by Nancy Mozur done in between 1968 and 1969, the painting depicts a man standing next to an US flag which is bleeding representing the things that the country was going through these years.
Martin Luther King Jr. and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated two months apart.
The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive.
Civil Rights Act of 1968, commonly known as the Fair Housing Act.
Shirley Chisholm becomes first black woman elected to U.S. Congress.
Police clashes with anti-war protesters in Chicago, outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
U.S. signs Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
United States presidential election, 1968 (Richard Nixon is elected as president)
Stonewall riots in New York City marks the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
Chappaquiddick incident, where Sen. Edward M. Kennedy drives off a bridge on his way home from a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger, Mary Jo
Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon
U.S. bombs North Vietnamese positions in Cambodia and Laos
The bleeding of the flag is a very strong statement but also shows how we can stand tall through adversity.The piece is signed in the back and dated 1968-1969.
Measurements:
61 wide x 61 high
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Condition
Good condition, unframed