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BEN SHAHN (1898-1969) STOP H BOMB TESTS. Circa 1962. 43 3/8x29 5/8 inches, 110x75 cm. Graphic Artists for Sane.Graphic Artists for Sane. Condition B+ / B: repaired tear through top margin and into image; creases in image; minor tears at edges; tape on verso. Paper. Silk-screen. Numbered in pencil 85 / 128. In 1962, Shahn was a founding member of Graphic Artists for SANE (Committee for a SANE nuclear policy). He created this very limited edition serigraph "for a fund raising 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.
