Buy More War Bonds and Stamps Original WWII Poster Broken Swaztika
- 1942
- E. B. Greenshaw
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24 x 34 inches ~ (60 x 86 cm)$1,950
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $145 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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Winner R. Hoe & Co., Inc. Award - National War Poster Competition
Held under the auspices of Artists for Victory, Inc - Council for Democracy - Museum of Modern Art
A powerful anti-Nazi image, a closed fist punches through a swastika. .
"American artists from 43 States have gone to war armed with paint brushes, canvas, paper and a terrific determination to arouse the nation to winning the fight. This they did through the medium of 2,224 war posters . . . Ever since war broke out, and especially since the President's speech on the state of the Union last January [1942] which inspired slogans for these posters, American artists have been battling within themselves for a way to fight the war. . . 26 art organizations rallied together under the banner "Artist's for Victory." [And] combined with the Council for Democracy, they planned this poster campaign" (Life Magazine, December 21, 1942, p. 54).
An exhibition of these posters was held at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in the final months of 1942, and this poster was one of nine winning entries that was chosen for "national distribution to factories and public buildings"(ibid). Rare Paret 275, Pollack p. 228
