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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
L'Italia ha bisogno di carne, frumento, grasso & zucchero
George Illian (1894-1932) · Amministrazione dei Cibi Stati Uniti, the United States Food Administration, 1917
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 colour lithograph George Illian drew for the United States Food Administration in 1917, its text in Italian, 71 by 52 cm, sheet No. 8.
Why it matters
The title means Italy has need of meat, wheat, fat and sugar, and the text goes on: eat little of this food, because it must go to our people and to the troops of Italy. The sheet is signed Amministrazione dei Cibi Stati Uniti.
What to notice
A portrait of an officer, with the four foods Italy needed named in the title.
Four foods, asked for in the language of home.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- George Illian (1894-1932)
- Campaign
- Food Will Win the War
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Amministrazione dei Cibi Stati Uniti, the United States Food Administration, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002711995 · POS - US .I55, no. 6 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). 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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