A Careless Word... Another Cross
Artist
John Atherton
1900 - 1952
Date1942
Dimensions39 3/4 x 28 1/4 in. (101 x 71.8 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Blatz
Object numberPH.143
DescriptionLike many in the group of designers approved by the OWI, John Atherton was both a commercial and a fine artist, and his posters appear more painterly than many of their European equivalents. This poster relies on the artist’s trademark browns and other muted colors, appropriate to the solemn subject matter. In 1941, another of his poster designs was awarded first prize in the National Defense Poster Competition organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. On View
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