Auction 65 · Lot 188
(WORLD WAR II).
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $550
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
American, 1942
Description
“This is Nazi Brutality.” Designed by Ben Shahn. Poster depicting a chained and hooded prisoner cornered under an ominous blue and gray sky. The lone prisoner is representative of the town of Lidice, Czechoslovakia which was destroyed by the Germans in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. News of the massacre displayed in ticker-tape fashion behind.
summary
The imagery of this poster proved so disturbing to some that a Czechoslovakian-American organization canceled their original order. See Judah L. Magnes Museum Catalogue, Witnesses to History, The Jewish Poster (1989) p. 100.
Linen-backed. 38 x 28 inches.
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