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Image Not Available for Warning! Inflation means Depression
Warning! Inflation means Depression
Image Not Available for Warning! Inflation means Depression

Warning! Inflation means Depression

Artist Ben Shahn (American, born in Lithuania, 1898 - 1969)
Date1946
MediumPhoto offset on paper
Dimensionsoverall: 104.8 x 70.8 cm (41 1/4 x 27 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of the Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive
Object number2000.0157.001-002

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