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BEN SHAHN (1898-1969)
STOP H BOMB TESTS. 1960.
44 1/2x34 1/2 inches, 113x87 1/2 cm. Condition B: tape stains, tears and darkening around margins; tape on verso; rippling in margins and image. Numbered 71/128 in pencil. Screenprint. Paper. Framed.
In 1962, Shahn was a founding member of Graphic Artists for SANE (Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy). He created this limited edition silkscreen "for a fundraising effort in a campaign advocating control of nuclear bomb tests" (Prescott p. 140). "The frightening devil mask suggests the evil consequences of hydrogen bomb tests. The red 'STOP,' overprinted on the black mask, acts as a barrier between the viewer and the mask, visually suggesting that the evil can be averted" (ibid). Prescott 171, Clash of Ideologies p. 144.
