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Pennell, Joseph - [Poster]. That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth. Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

Title: [Poster]. That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth. Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan
Description: New York, Alco-Gravure, Inc. 1918. First edition. 84 3/4 x 56 cm. (33 x 22 inches). "Best known as an illustrator, Joseph Pennell [1857-1926] worked in a style of line drawing already familiar to many from the work of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, whose style captured the energy of light. Pennell creates a landscape of liberty endangered—almost destroyed.. The need for freedom, so valued by the artists of the day, is articulated here in support of the Liberty Loan bond drive," (Therese Thau Heyman, Posters American Style). There are a number of variants of this iconic poster with some variation in both size and color. Paret, Persuasive Images 103. Heyman, American Style 61. Rawls p. 227. Darracott 35. Theofiles 161. Borkan 109. Tiny tear to upper margin else fine (A).

Keywords: Modern Wars, Prints & Graphics, , Americana, Art, Modern Wars, Prints & Graphics, World War I, First World War, Print Americana

Price: US$ 625.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 43101

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