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Poster - Grief famine ruin/ the effects of Communism; Duelo hambre ruina/ pasa el Comunismo
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Grief famine ruin/ the effects of Communism; Duelo hambre ruina/ pasa el Comunismo

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    Spain (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1937 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Credit Line:

    Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko

  • Museum number:

    E.87-2004

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR3

  • Image in copyright

In this emotional Nationalist poster, the gaunt faces of the mother and her two children grieve, apparently, both for the lost father and for the Christian faith. In the background, the burning house and blasted tree are a further reproach to alien Communist ideology.

Physical description

The gaunt white faces of a mother and her two children are defined against the black backdrop formed by her cloak. A white cross stands in the immediate central foreground. Behind the three clustered figures is a grey hill leading to a burning house in the distance, presumably their own. The house and a bare tree trunk are printed in blue, highlighted by the yellow glow of the red flames. The sky is printed in green, with a black cloud hanging over the scene.

Place of Origin

Spain (made)

Date

ca. 1937 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

duelo/ hambre/ ruina... (from the Spanish) Grief famine ruin
pasa el / Comunismo the effects of Communism

Dimensions

Height: 99.7 cm, Width: 70.5 cm

Descriptive line

Spanish Civil War Poster, Spain, ca. 1937 [Grief famine ruin/ the effects of Communism]

Exhibition History

Propaganda Posters from the Schreyer Collection (Henry Cole Wing, Level 3 05/12/2002-23/03/2003)

Materials

Paper; Ink

Techniques

Colour lithography

Subjects depicted

Tree; Children; Cross; House; War; Propaganda; Politics; Fire; Mother; Grief; Hunger

Categories

Prints; Propaganda

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O100826
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