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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Give or We Perish: American Committee for Relief in the Near East
Władysław T. Benda (1873-1948) · American Committee for Relief in the Near East, through the Division of Pictorial Publicity, 1919
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A lithograph Władysław T. Benda drew for the American Committee for Relief in the Near East in 1919, issued by the Committee on Public Information's Division of Pictorial Publicity, 85 by 56 cm, with the DPP monogram in a block.
Why it matters
The campaign asked for $30,000,000 for Armenia, Greece, Syria and Persia, and the title puts the plea in the first person. Benda was a Polish-born painter, illustrator and designer.
What to notice
A woman clutching a shawl around her shoulders, over the four country names of the campaign.
A shawl, and a plea in the first person.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Władysław T. Benda (1873-1948)
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare · The Division of Pictorial Publicity
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- American Committee for Relief in the Near East, through the Division of Pictorial Publicity, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708878 · POS - US .B45, no. 4 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. government work (the WPA Federal Art Project, the wartime agencies), any year. Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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