Welcome to the post-cold-war era" / Herblock." – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic drawing captures Welcome to the post-cold-war era" / Herblock." in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Welcome to the post-cold-war era" / Herblock."
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Herblock's cartoon, dated around August 10, 1990, pairs Saddam Hussein with oil cans, the central symbols of its argument about fuel supply. Iraq had invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990, and the crisis quickly raised fears about oil flowing out of the Persian Gulf. The title, "Welcome to the post-cold-war era," reflects a common view at the time: with the Soviet threat fading, a regional conflict over oil had become a new test for the United States and its allies. Herblock, a longtime editorial cartoonist for *The Washington Post*, used drawings like this one to comment sharply on current events.
| Medium | 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, crayon, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing ; 22 x 15 in. (sheet) |
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| Notes | c1990 August 10. |
| Subjects | Hussein, Saddam,--1937-2006. Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991. Oil cans--1990. Fuel supply--1990. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,201 × 5,104 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208426 |
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