1917 World War One American poster - Shall We Be More Tender with our Dollars Than with The Lives of Our Sons? (Linen-backed) de Designed by Torsten Schonberg

Designed by Torsten Schonberg

giving a luminous quality to otherwise somber tones

He believed in the aesthetic ideal of Gesamtkunstwerk (German for "total work of art")

designed stage sets

1917 World War One American poster - Shall We Be More Tender with our Dollars Than with The Lives of Our Sons? (Linen-backed) de Designed by Torsten SchonbergDate: 1917 Size: 20 x 30 inches About the Poster: The title is a quote attributed to U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo, and his signature is on the poster. Depicted are a soldier and a sailor bearing a flag and a handbill reading "We Depend On You." Promotes purchase of United States Government Bond of the Second Liberty Loan of 1917. Poster was recently linen backed and is in very good condition. Rare and ready to frame.