Lynd Ward’s Graphic Novels of the Depression Decade
• January 23, 2021 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Artists, book art, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Great Depression, Honor's College, leftist artists, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal era, political art, skyscrapers, slums, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff
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WARDS OF THE STATE
• November 9, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in acquisitions, American left artists, FDR, gifts, leftist artists, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), New Deal era, Popular Front, propaganda arts, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library
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