Semez du bleacute. Cest de lor pour la France – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Semez du bleacute. Cest de lor pour la France in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Semez du bleacute. Cest de lor pour la France
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Semez du blé! C'est de l'or pour la France" (Sow wheat! It is gold for France) treats a field crop as wartime treasure, and the scythe and French flag in the design link that idea to national duty. By 1918, many French farmworkers had gone to the front, so food production depended on those left behind, including women, older men and others who took on farm work. Posters like this one urged people to plant more grain. The lithograph is signed by Suzanne Ferrand, and the Library of Congress also holds another printing with the same title at a slightly different size.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 55 x 35 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Grow wheat. It is gold for France. Signed: Suzanne Ferrand. Another issue: POS - Fr .E26 no. 9 (with same title 54 x 36 cm.). Promotional goal: Fr. J72. 1918. Item is no. 229 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BZZ · Preissig Vojtech artist. |
| Subjects | Wheat--1910-1920. Scythes--19110-1920. Flags--French--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--France. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 606 × 892 px |
| Reference | 694_Semez_du_bleacute_Cest_1918.tif-S |
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