Art of the Draw: Advertising Posters
from the McCormick-International Harvester Collection
INTERNATIONAL POSTER
The Exotic
he Arabic text on this poster makes it particularly striking and exotic to Western eyes. A closer look, however, reveals traditional American farm scenes, including clapboard buildings that must have looked equally exotic to Arab viewers.
Photolithograph, 1924
Printed by Herman Lithographing Co. (Chicago)
for International Harvester Co. (Chicago)
31" x 21"
Similar poster (Chinese): WHI 51962
Similar poster (English): WHI 10224
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