Defensar Madrid es Defensar Catalunya!

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Artist/Maker	Bas, Martí (artist)
Place of origin	Spain (made)

Martí Bas belonged to the SDP (Syndicate of Professional Designers), a pro-Republican group of graphic designers. This dramatic Republican poster portrays the military fronts in the central theatre of war (Madrid) and in the north-east (Catalonia) bound in a united effort to repulse the Nationalist advance.

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Categories	Propaganda Prints Access_to_Images 2003 Posters
Object type	Poster
Titles	Defensar Madrid es Defensar Catalunya! (generic title) To defend Madrid is to defend Catalonia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Ink Paper Colour Lithography
Brief description	Spanish Civil War poster by Martí Bas entitled 'Defensar Madrid es Defensar Catalunya!'. Spain, 1937.
Physical description	Three monumental ranked soldiers (a fourth is suggested in the rear ground) with fixed bayonets lean in for attack. A barbed wire fence has been erected in the foreground. The image is primarily printed in black and red, with a narrow expanse of green grass.
Dimensions	Height: 139.5cm Width: 100.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Defensar MADRID' (printed in white) Translation To defend Madrid 'es defensar' (printed in red) Translation is to defend 'CATALUNYA!' (printed in white with a red exclamation mark) Translation CATALONIA!
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
Subjects depicted	War Propaganda Politics Soldiers Bayonets Barbed Wire Grass Gun Spanish Civil War
Summary	Martí Bas belonged to the SDP (Syndicate of Professional Designers), a pro-Republican group of graphic designers. This dramatic Republican poster portrays the military fronts in the central theatre of war (Madrid) and in the north-east (Catalonia) bound in a united effort to repulse the Nationalist advance.
Other number	LS.2493 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1653-2004

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Record created	June 15, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O100834/defensar-madrid-es-defensar-catalunya-poster-bas-martí/

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