LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) POWER ON THE FARM. 1941. 39 3/4x29 3/4 inches, 101x75 1/2. Condition B+: repaired tears in margins; minor loss in top right corner; creases in image. Silk-screen. Framed. "In this third-series poster Beall depicts the solitary, purposeful young man at the machine as a quiet hero of the farm . . . Electricity is his invisible yet dynamic assistant, symbolically rendered in blue, flag-like stripes . . . Typical of this series, the poster is completely filled with image" (Resnick p. 64). Resnick 34.
