Commentary on World War I
American artist Boardman Robinson depicts the figure of Death urging an emaciated donkey towards a precipice with a carrot labeled “Victory.” By questioning the possibility of victory in World War I, Robinson conveyed his opposition to it in this and other cartoons published in The Masses, the leftist journal to which he began contributing in 1912. Influenced by the work of Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), Robinson developed his hallmark style using emphatic, expressive strokes of lithographic crayon.
American artist Boardman Robinson depicts the figure of Death urging an emaciated donkey towards a precipice with a carrot labeled “Victory.” By questioning the possibility of victory in World War I, Robinson conveyed his opposition to it in this and other cartoons published in <em>The Masses</em>, the leftist journal to which he began contributing in 1912. Influenced by the work of Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), Robinson developed his hallmark style using emphatic, expressive strokes of lithographic crayon.