Four years in the fight. The women of France, we owe them houses of cheer. United War Work Campaign. Y.W.C.A.

Four years in the fight. The women of France, we owe them houses of cheer. United War Work Campaign. Y.W.C.A.
Four years in the fight. The women of France, we owe them houses of cheer. United War Work Campaign. Y.W.C.A.

Four years in the fight. The women of France, we owe them houses of cheer. United War Work Campaign. Y.W.C.A.

Date1918
Artist (French artist and illustrator, 1880–1947)
Printer/Printmaker (New York and Cincinnati lithography company, 1880–1960)
Illustration CitationPoster for Y.W.C.A Support for French Women Campaign
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 41 7/8 × 27 15/16 in. (106.4 × 71 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-372
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextDuring World War I, the Young Women's Christian Association joined with the United War Work Campaign, a coalition of several organizations, to support the cause of American and allied-force groups dedicated to the war effort. Lucien Jonas was a French artist commissioned by the government of France for patriotic paintings and posters during the war. His work was also published in America.