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Wladislaw Theodore Benda

Give or We Perish: American Committee for Relief in the Near East

Description

Maker

Wladislaw Theodore Benda (American)
Alco-Gravure, Inc., printer

Title

Give or We Perish: American Committee for Relief in the Near East

Year

1917

Medium

  • lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • lithograph

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • Lightweight cream wove paper

Dimensions

84 x 56 cm (33 1/16 x 22 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Title lithographed in lower margin: GIVE OR WE PERISH / AMERICAN COMMITTEE / FOR RELIEF IN THE NEAR EAST; lithographed in lower margin: ARMENIA - GREECE - SYRIA - PERSIA / CAMPAIGN for $30.000.000; printed below left portion of image: ALCO-GRAVURE, INC., N.Y.; printed in LL quadrant of image: (copyright symbol); artist signature in stone in LL quadrant of image: W.T. Benda; lithographed in LR quadrant of image: (interwoven graphic) DPP

Label: label adhered to LR corner of verso: E A / 1875

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of American Committee for Relief in the Near East

Object Number

19.28

Type

  • Prints

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Wladislaw Theodore Benda (American)
Alco-Gravure, Inc., printer
Give or We Perish: American Committee for Relief in the Near East, 1917
lithograph
84 x 56 cm (33 1/16 x 22 1/16 inches)
Gift of American Committee for Relief in the Near East 19.28

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