STOP the H Bomb Tests (12 / 128) limited edition serigraph, hand-numbered in pencil at the lower right side of the image dimensions: 29 3/4” x 47” date: c.1962 condition: Good; this example has linen backed; creases in the background; edge wear; normal surface wear; band of toning across the bottom of the poster. artist: Ben Shahn National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy prepared by: Graphic Artists for SANE About the poster: Ben Shahn, a Lithuanian-born American artist, designed the poster as part of a fundraising effort advocating control of nuclear bomb tests. Graphics Artists for SANE was organized in 1962 with Shahn included as one of its members. “The red ‘STOP,’ overprinted on the black mask, acts as a barrier between the viewer and the mask, visually suggesting that the evil can be averted.” Prescott 171, Clash of Ideologies, p.144