Pennell: That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth 1918.

$1,100.00

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Joseph Pennell That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth 1918. Stunning vision of New York City aflame after a German air raid.  Planes shown flying over the Statue of Liberty, her arm now a maimed stump, her head resting in the harbor.  A German U-boat skulks nearby. An entire book was written about the genesis of this important poster. Pennell was highly regarded artist; poster in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.  20×30 near mint conservation backed.

Bibliography: Stuart Johnson The Modern Poster, page 23, Joseph Darracott First World War in Posters page 35, Walton Rawls Wake Up, America! page 227.