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BEN SHAHN (1898-1969) FROM WORKERS TO FARMERS....THANKS! 1944. 391/2x301/4 inches. L.I.P & B.A., New York. Condition A-: expertly repaired tears in margins; unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds. Born in Lithuania in 1898, Shahn immigrated to America with his family when he was 8 years old. From almost the begining of his artistic career Shahn's work was political in nature, when, in 1930, he created a series of 23 gouache paintings relating to the Sacco and Vanzetti case which was taking the world by storm at the time. In 1943, the Council of Industrial Organizations organized 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" (Shahn p. 127). Shahn fig 149.
