Auction 65 · Lot 189
“We French Workers Warn You… Defeat Means Slavery, Starvation, Death.” Designed by Ben Shahn. Issued by the Office of War Information (OWI) Poster no. 17.
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $1,300
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(WORLD WAR II).
Place
Washington, 1942
summary
Second World War overnment-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 by the notorious Vichy government.
Linen-backed. 28 x 40 inches.
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