Give 'Em Both Barrels
Poster
1941 (made)
1941 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jean Carlu's poster, like many produced during the Second World War of 1939-1945, drew a graphic connection between the war effort at home and that on the battle front. The outlines of the soldier and the factory worker symbolically echo each other, as do the shapes of the rivet-gun and the machine-gun.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Give 'Em Both Barrels (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster by Jean Carlu entitled 'Give 'Em Both Barrels'. USA, 1941. |
| Physical description | Landscape format poster printed in colours. Yellow ground, blue lettering, grey/ brown/ black figures.Two men, head and shoulders only, in profile - one above is working a rivetting tool, one below is working a machine gun. Captioned at top left and below both figures. Signed, dated, and numbered '0-430380'. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | Division Of Information/Office for Emergency Management/ Washington D. C./ U.S.Goverment Printing Office 1941......[followed by code number] (Distributor's identification; bottom right corner; lithography; 1941) |
| Object history | This poster was given to the Museum as part of an exchange between the Library of Congress poster collection in Washington D.C. and the V&A |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Summary | Jean Carlu's poster, like many produced during the Second World War of 1939-1945, drew a graphic connection between the war effort at home and that on the battle front. The outlines of the soldier and the factory worker symbolically echo each other, as do the shapes of the rivet-gun and the machine-gun. |
| Associated object | E.270-2004 (Duplicate) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2916-1980 |
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| Record created | March 12, 2003 |
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