Invasion, Original Thomas Hart Benton WWII Poster
- 1942
- Thomas Hart Benton
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18 x 14 inches ~ (45 x 35 cm)$1,770
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $80 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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Commissioned in the Public Interest by Abbott Laborotories
Invasion comes when people are too weak to fight or when, having strength, they quarrel and bicker among themselves until they lose the power to apply their strength...
From the national archives Power of Persuasion web site "Artist Thomas Hart Benton believed that it was the artist`s role either to fight or to "bring the bloody actual realities of this war home to the American people." In a series of eight paintings, Benton portrayed the violence and barbarity of fascism. Power of Persuasion
