POWER FOR DEFENSE / RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION. 1941.
40x30 inches, 101 1/2x76 1/4 cm. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Condition B+: small losses, replaced losses, sharp creases and abrasions along bottom edge; minor creases and abrasions at edges; staining at left edge. Partial silkscreen. Mounted on paper.
"The third set, designed in 1941, the year the US entered World War II, makes references to national defence, with titles such as ‘A Better Home,' ‘A Turn of the Hand,' ‘Power on the Farm' and ‘Rural Industries.' This group is the most visually intricate, with angled typography, patterns of colour bars and dots, and silhouetted photographs" (Eyemagazine.com). This is from the 3rd series. Beall 120, Remington p. 64.
