Victory Starts Here Original MOMA Artwork National War Poster Competition
One of over 2200 submissions sent in by professional artists for The Museum Of Modern Art's 1942 competition. Artist -Jane Ward. Only 37% of the artists in the competition were women.
The purpose was to have posters created to boost morale for the war. Artists were asked to choose between 8 themes. Production, War Bonds, The Nature Of The Enemy, Loose Talk, Slave World Or Free World, The People Are On The March, Deliver Us From Evil, and Sacrifice. Only 9 winners were chosen, and this example, not one of the winners, was never printed into a poster. They were judged anonymously, so each original work had the artist's signature covered with tape for the assessment. The tape has been removed since but you can still tell it’s there. Other than the 9 winners of the competition, these art works were discarded by the MOMA in the 1980s. Only 6 of these are works are still known to exist. Gouache on artist board.
Measures- 31.5x23.5”
Condition- small bit of water stains, foxing in image. Photographed out of the frame, can be shipped in or out of the frame.
One of over 2200 submissions sent in by professional artists for The Museum Of Modern Art's 1942 competition. Artist -Jane Ward. Only 37% of the artists in the competition were women.
The purpose was to have posters created to boost morale for the war. Artists were asked to choose between 8 themes. Production, War Bonds, The Nature Of The Enemy, Loose Talk, Slave World Or Free World, The People Are On The March, Deliver Us From Evil, and Sacrifice. Only 9 winners were chosen, and this example, not one of the winners, was never printed into a poster. They were judged anonymously, so each original work had the artist's signature covered with tape for the assessment. The tape has been removed since but you can still tell it’s there. Other than the 9 winners of the competition, these art works were discarded by the MOMA in the 1980s. Only 6 of these are works are still known to exist. Gouache on artist board.
Measures- 31.5x23.5”
Condition- small bit of water stains, foxing in image. Photographed out of the frame, can be shipped in or out of the frame.
One of over 2200 submissions sent in by professional artists for The Museum Of Modern Art's 1942 competition. Artist -Jane Ward. Only 37% of the artists in the competition were women.
The purpose was to have posters created to boost morale for the war. Artists were asked to choose between 8 themes. Production, War Bonds, The Nature Of The Enemy, Loose Talk, Slave World Or Free World, The People Are On The March, Deliver Us From Evil, and Sacrifice. Only 9 winners were chosen, and this example, not one of the winners, was never printed into a poster. They were judged anonymously, so each original work had the artist's signature covered with tape for the assessment. The tape has been removed since but you can still tell it’s there. Other than the 9 winners of the competition, these art works were discarded by the MOMA in the 1980s. Only 6 of these are works are still known to exist. Gouache on artist board.
Measures- 31.5x23.5”
Condition- small bit of water stains, foxing in image. Photographed out of the frame, can be shipped in or out of the frame.
