Think ahead, Write instead
Poster
1945 (printed)
1945 (printed)
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| Place of origin |
This is a poster issued by the General Post Office (GPO). Hans Schleger (1898-1976) left Germany in 1932 to become one of London’s leading graphic designers. He was strongly influenced by European Modernism, in particular by the Bauhaus. During the Second World War he produced nine posters for the GPO. These reflected wartime concerns that customers should economise on resources. A particular concern was that they should free up telephone lines for official use by writing letters rather than telephoning.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Think ahead, Write instead (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Hans Schleger: 'Think ahead, Write instead'. Poster, Great Britain, 1945. |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Courtesy of the Post Office |
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| Summary | This is a poster issued by the General Post Office (GPO). Hans Schleger (1898-1976) left Germany in 1932 to become one of London’s leading graphic designers. He was strongly influenced by European Modernism, in particular by the Bauhaus. During the Second World War he produced nine posters for the GPO. These reflected wartime concerns that customers should economise on resources. A particular concern was that they should free up telephone lines for official use by writing letters rather than telephoning. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.534-1985 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2003 |
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