BEN SHAHN (1898-1969) FROM WORKERS TO FARMERS . . . THANKS! 1944. 40x30 inches, 101 1/2x76 1/4 cm. L.I.P. & B.A., New York. Condition B+: tears, creases and abrasions at edges and along sharp vertical and horizontal folds. In 1943, the Council of Industrial Organizations formed the Political Action Committee in order to "protect the political rights of the working man, the returning service man, the farmer, and the small-business man" (Prescott p. 124). In his posters, Shahn primarily appealed to farmers and factory workers, playing to their fears of hunger, unemployment, inflation and war. "In words and images this poster transmits the desire of the CIO to stress the common bond between worker and farmer as a means of achieving united political action" (Prescott p. 127). Prescott 149.
