Our Good Earth Keep It Ours

This powerful World War II poster by noted American Regionalist painter John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) promotes the purchase of U.S. War Bonds by linking agricultural prosperity to national security. The composition centers on a resolute farmer standing in a field of wheat with two children beside him, symbolizing both the bounty of American farmland and the future generations it sustains. Curry’s expressive brushwork, heroic scale, and warm palette evoke the dignity of rural labor, while the text urges citizens to protect the nation’s resources by investing directly in the war effort.Curry, born in Kansas in 1897, was a key figure in the American Regionalist movement along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. His work celebrated rural American life through dramatic, sometimes monumental imagery, reflecting the nation’s cultural identity during the Depression and prewar decades. During World War II, he contributed to several government-commissioned posters that emphasized patriotism, agricultural production, and home-front participation, applying his distinctive painterly style to mass communication.This poster encouraged civilians to purchase war bonds, a critical financing mechanism for the U.S. military that funded equipment, supplies, and wartime infrastructure. Large-format editions such as this were often displayed in civic buildings, train depots, and public marketplaces where they could make a commanding visual impact. By portraying the farmer as a custodian of national heritage, the image connected personal economic choices with a collective responsibility to preserve American land and values.This is an Original Vintage Poster, it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation mounted, linen backed and in excellent condition. We guarantee the authenticity of all our posters. the poster in this large format is extremely rare.