THE SOWERS.

Thomas Hart Benton

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The Sowers.

Offset-Lithograph, c.1942.
Paper size 31 3/8 x 41 1/8" (75.7 x 104.5 cm).
Good condition and color, has a few fold lines, as is typical. Linen backed. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 60790
Price: $5,000.00
Publisher : Title printed in the in lower margin. Additional text reads, "Painted by the Distinguished American Artist, Thomas Benton" and "Litho. in U.S.A."

Created in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, this World War II propaganda poster depicts an ugly, ogre-like Japanese soldier spreading the seeds of death (skulls) into a barren landscape. Benton's war posters are particularly memorable because of their gruesome depictions. 20th Century Subjects , Historical , World War II