Lest We Perish. ca. 1915.
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Lest We Perish. ca. 1915.
Beginning in 1915, the Ottoman Empire systematically exterminated 1.5 million Armenians in an event we would come to know as the Armenian Genocide. The inhumanity continued with death marches through the Syrian Desert, as well as other ethnic mass murders of Assyrians and Greeks. In this poster, a raven-haired girl, adorned in traditionally patterned clothes of the region, extends her hands pleadingly—her fingertips extend beyond the frame of the image, centering on the words "Lest We Perish," for an American drive for a $30 million fundraiser for survivors. It's a doubly poignant image today.
Size: 20 x 28 in./50.8 x 71.3 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Conwell Graphic, New York
Reference: Theofiles, 254; Rawls, p. 41; PAI-LXXX, 87
Key Words: War & Propaganda; American
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Price: $1080 (starting bid + 20% buyer’s premium)
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Lest We Perish. ca. 1915.
Beginning in 1915, the Ottoman Empire systematically exterminated 1.5 million Armenians in an event we would come to know as the Armenian Genocide. The inhumanity continued with death marches through the Syrian Desert, as well as other ethnic mass murders of Assyrians and Greeks. In this poster, a raven-haired girl, adorned in traditionally patterned clothes of the region, extends her hands pleadingly—her fingertips extend beyond the frame of the image, centering on the words "Lest We Perish," for an American drive for a $30 million fundraiser for survivors. It's a doubly poignant image today.
Size: 20 x 28 in./50.8 x 71.3 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Conwell Graphic, New York
Reference: Theofiles, 254; Rawls, p. 41; PAI-LXXX, 87
Key Words: War & Propaganda; American
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