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WWI Poster

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WWI Poster
historic print released in 1922 of the painting "America by the painter Leon Reni-Mel.This print would be beautiful framed and has great emotion and historical significance. . The print is approximately 23" by 15". "The painting, "America" was created in 1918 by the French Ministry of War Painter, Léon Reni-Mel, and given to the American Legion for the United States’ assistance to France during the Great World War. Depicts two allegorical soldiers, one stalwart American raising his hand to halt the enemy while assisting the other, a wounded Frenchman about to collapse. The soldiers stand on a bank of highly textured mud with smoke and flames rising around them in the distance, blending slowly into the swirling colors of the sky. At the bottom of the print , Reni-Mel gave the work its own caption, AMERICA,.In copper colored frame.