Lester Beall (American, 1903–1969):
Highlights from our Poster Collection
Rural Electrification Administration, 1937 Silkscreen, 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Posters for the Rural Electrification Administration: 1937
Left: Radio. Rural Electrification Administration, 1937 Silkscreen, 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Right: Light. Rural Electrification Administration, 1937 Silkscreen, 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Left: Running Water. Rural Electrification Administration, 1937 Silkscreen, 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Right: Wash Day. Rural Electrification Administration, 1937 Silkscreen, 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Left: Heat / Cold. Rural Electrification Administration, 1937 Silkscreen, 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Right: Farm Work. Rural Electrification Administration, 1937 Silkscreen, 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Posters for the Unites States Housing Authority: 1941
Left: Cross Out Slums. United States Housing Authority, 1941 Lithograph, 39 1/2 x 29 1/8" (100.3 x 74 cm)
Right: Slums Breed Crime. United States Housing Authority, 1941 Lithograph, 39 1/2 x 29 1/8" (100.3 x 73.9 cm)
Maquette for poster: It Mustn’t Happen Here: Buy Defense Bonds,
c. 1930s Gouache, cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints and papers, and pencil 27 1/2 x 19 1/2” (69.8 x 49.5 cm)
