Please complete the form to email this item.

Poster - Avenge December 7

Avenge December 7

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    USA, USA (made)

  • Date:

    1942 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Perlin, Bernard, born 1918 (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithography

  • 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.70-2004

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR2

  • Image in copyright

The clenched fist is a recurring motif in poster art, symbolising irrepressible strength and determination. Here it dominates the poster, driving home the simple but dramatic message of outrage at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. This brought America into the war and thereafter served as an emotive rallying cry.

Physical description

This dramatic poster is dominated by the image of a clenched fist. A sailor in a tattered uniform pushes his fist forward, in a posture both determined and aggressive. The composition is primarily black which sets the red text 'Avenge December 7' into stark contrast. The lower right corner shows the outline of an explosion - the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Place of Origin

USA, USA (made)

Date

1942 (made)

Artist/maker

Perlin, Bernard, born 1918 (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithography

Marks and inscriptions

Avenge/ December 7

Dimensions

Height: 102.1 cm, Width: 71.2 cm

Descriptive line

Second World War poster referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, issued by the Office of War Information

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

War; Propaganda; Harbour; Sailor; Revenge; Bombs; Pearl Harbor

Categories

Prints; Propaganda

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O101118
Ajax-loader