Poster by Ben Shahn. “We French workers warn you… defeat means slavery, starvation, death.”
AUCTION 59 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art
Lot 228
(HOLOCAUST).
Poster by Ben Shahn. “We French workers warn you… defeat means slavery, starvation, death.”
Washington: Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, 1942:
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $900
World War II government-issued poster designed to increase war production at home by urging Americans to keep up the fight against tyranny. The powerful image depicts a crowd of French working men raising their arms as if under arrest; behind them is an official decree posted from the notorious Vichy government.