Aug 04, 2004 - Sale 2011

Sale 2011 - Lot 412

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
SAVE WHEAT. 1918.
363/4x56 inches. W. F. Powers Litho. Co. New York.
Condition A-: repaired tears in left margin affecting image.
The hardships of war in Europe are depicted by the image of French women pulling a plow through rocky ground in muted shades of blue, brown and red; against a brown background. Penfield's image is based on a photograph which appeared on another U. S. Food Administration poster (see Theofiles p. 73). Rickards 235, Borkan 64, Theofiles 82.