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Gone with the Wind

Poster
1985 (printed and published), 1981 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster was originally designed as the back page for an edition of The Socialist Worker published for Christmas 1980. It is a parody of the poster for the classic film Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. It satirises the mutually supportive political relationship between the President of the USA, Ronald Reagan, and the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. It also played on President Reagan's early career as a film actor. Members of the paper's design studio posed for the photograph.


Object details

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Object type
TitleGone with the Wind (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Gone With The Wind'. Colour offset lithograph poster satirizing Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Designed by Bob Light and John Houston for The Socialist Worker. Great Britain. 1985.
Physical description
'She promised to follow him to the ends of the earth. He promised to organise it!'. Poster satirizing Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher as film actors in Gone With the Wind.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.7cm
  • Width: 43.3cm
Taken from: 'Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing'. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Michael Kauffmann
Object history
This was designed for The Socialist Worker, the paper of the Socialist Workers' Party.
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Subjects depicted
Summary
This poster was originally designed as the back page for an edition of The Socialist Worker published for Christmas 1980. It is a parody of the poster for the classic film Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. It satirises the mutually supportive political relationship between the President of the USA, Ronald Reagan, and the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. It also played on President Reagan's early career as a film actor. Members of the paper's design studio posed for the photograph.
Other number
20/B9 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.608-1985

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Record createdMarch 13, 2003
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