“The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” – Theodore Roosevelt. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Herbert Bayer, "The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life."--Theodore Roosevelt. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1959, photomontage, paper collage, watercolor and gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.24
Copied Herbert Bayer, "The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life."--Theodore Roosevelt. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1959, photomontage, paper collage, watercolor and gouache on paperboard, sheet: 16 x 13 3⁄8 in. (40.7 x 33.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.24

Artwork Details

Title
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” – Theodore Roosevelt. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1959
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 16 x 13 3⁄8 in. (40.7 x 33.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
photomontage, paper collage, watercolor and gouache on paperboard
Subjects
  • Figure female — head
  • Allegory — quality — vice
  • Allegory — civic
  • Allegory — quality — gluttony
  • Object — fruit
  • Object — foodstuff — wine
  • Object — other — money
  • Recreation — sport and play — dice
Object Number
1984.124.24
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.24