Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(CIVIL RIGHTS)Stop Lynching | Shame of America. New York: Union Poster Service for Rebel Arts, ca. 1937 Cloth banner (35 3/8 x 22 5/8 in.; 895 x 573 mm) silk-screened in red, paper label of Union Poster Service affixed to verso; a few small abrasions, minor marginal fraying, but remarkably well preserved. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. A powerful and startling anti-lynching image from the early period of the Civil Rights movement: the graphic shows a clenched hand holding a protest sign in front of a factory, "Stop Lynching," above the caption "Shame of America."The Rebel Arts Group, founded in New York City in 1934, was a leftist artists cooperative that supported various labor, socialist, and communist movements through the arts.Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(CIVIL RIGHTS)Stop Lynching | Shame of America. New York: Union Poster Service for Rebel Arts, ca. 1937 Cloth banner (35 3/8 x 22 5/8 in.; 895 x 573 mm) silk-screened in red, paper label of Union Poster Service affixed to verso; a few small abrasions, minor marginal fraying, but remarkably well preserved. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. A powerful and startling anti-lynching image from the early period of the Civil Rights movement: the graphic shows a clenched hand holding a protest sign in front of a factory, "Stop Lynching," above the caption "Shame of America."The Rebel Arts Group, founded in New York City in 1934, was a leftist artists cooperative that supported various labor, socialist, and communist movements through the arts.Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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