Auction 59 · Lot 228
Poster by Ben Shahn. “We French workers warn you… defeat means slavery, starvation, death.”
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $900
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(HOLOCAUST).
Place
Washington: Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, 1942
Description
Office of War Information (OWI) Poster no. 17.
summary
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.
Linen-backed. 40 x 28 inches.
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