“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, 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: Herbert Bayer
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: paper
watercolor
gouache
Mediums Description: photomontage, paper collage, watercolor and gouache on paperboard
Subjects: Allegory — civic
Allegory — quality — gluttony
Object — fruit
Object — foodstuff — wine
Object — other — money
Recreation — sport and play — dice
Allegory — quality — vice
Figure female — head
Object Number: 1984.124.24
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.24