Verdunkle!
Poster
1940-44 (made)
1940-44 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Colour lithograph poster depicting a skeleton stradling a war plane in flight, aiming a missile at electric lights in a town below.
Object details
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| Title | Verdunkle! (assigned by artist) |
| Brief description | "Verdunkle!" World War II propaganda poster by Otto Sander-Herweg. Austria, circa 1940-44. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph poster depicting a skeleton stradling a war plane in flight, aiming a missile at electric lights in a town below. |
| 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 |
| Bibliographic reference | There were numerous iterations of this design, often given the longer title of 'Der Feind sieht Dein Licht! Verdunkeln!' (The enemy sees your light! Black out!). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.615-2004 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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