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.
![Arabic language poster.](images/mcref4-l.jpg)
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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