Deliver Us from Evil
John Woodrow Wilson
1943 · Lithograph, artist's proof · Modern and Contemporary Art
Wilson's outspoken commentary on the unequal response to injustices at home and abroad is played out in this complex, mural-like composition. Divided into two halves, the artist juxtaposes scenes of the war in Europe and the Holocaust (at left) with the persecution and killing of Blacks in the United States (at right). Like many African Americans at the time, Wilson supported the government's war effort, but was angry that no reciprocal fight for freedom was being made on the homefront.
- Artist
- John Woodrow Wilson
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- Lithograph, artist's proof
- Department
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999
