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BEN SHAHN (1898-1969) BREAK REACTION'S GRIP. Circa 1946. 41 1/2x29 inches 105 1/2x73 1/2 cm. L.I.P & B.A., New York. Condition B+: restored loss in upper right corner; vertical and horizontal folds; minor restoration in image. Japan. Here, in the years after World War II, Shahn takes on a new threat: reactionaries. "The one arm, dressed in coat sleeve and shirt cuff, with hand clasping a colorful map of the United States, represents the country's supposedly small, but powerful, reactionary forces. The poster suggests that however strong, their power could be broken by the greater strength of the progressive forces, as represented by the larger, sleeveless arm" (Prescott p. 131). Prescott 154, Word and Image, p. 91, Modern Poster 198.
