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A Bas L'Armée Bourgeoise

Poster
ca. 1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Collectif De Lutte Anti-Miliariste (issued by)
Imprimerie Abexpress (printers)
Guérin, D. (maker)
Place of origin
France (made)

Line drawing of a male figure in a top hat, smoking a cigar. Glove puppet of a general with a bloodied hand, fighter plane between his teeth. Each digit of the hand is topped by a helmeted soldier. This whole scene appears within rifle cross-hairs. The figure and hand puppet cast long shadows.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleA Bas L'Armée Bourgeoise (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printing
Paper
Ink
Brief description
"A Bas L'Armée Bourgeoise" Journée de lutte anti-militariste. France, ca. 1970.
Physical description
Line drawing of a male figure in a top hat, smoking a cigar. Glove puppet of a general with a bloodied hand, fighter plane between his teeth. Each digit of the hand is topped by a helmeted soldier. This whole scene appears within rifle cross-hairs. The figure and hand puppet cast long shadows.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.3cm
  • Width: 57.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 11 Novembre/ Journée anniversaire de la/ boucherie impérialiste de 14-18/ Journée de lutte anti-militariste (top centre)
    Translation
    11 November/ Anniversary of the 14-18 imperialist butchering/ Day of anti-militarist protest [struggle]
  • A BAS/ L'ARMEE BOURGEOISE (middle left)
    Translation
    Down with the Bourgeois Army
  • Solidarité avec les soldats en lutte, avec les insoumis, les déserteurs,/ les objecteurs victimes de la répression! (bottom centre)
    Translation
    Solidarity with the struggling soldiers, soldiers absent without leave [or the rebellious], deserters, and conscientious objectors who are victims of repression!
  • D. GUÉRIN/ B.P. 247-16 75765 Cedex 16/ Imprimerie Abexpress - 72, rue du Château d'Eau, Paris - 10. (bottom left)
  • Collectif de lutte anti-militariste/ Supplément à <> No 16/ Dir. Pub. J.P. Sartre (bottom right)
  • No 323/ A bas l'arme bourgeoise/ Sartre/ 11 Nov/ 7/ 85 Aff. III 16 (handwritten in pencil on reverse)
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
Production
Jean-Paul Sartre, Director of Publication
Subjects depicted
Propaganda
Agitprop
Militarism
Protest
Puppet
Cigars
Place depicted
France
Other number
LS.1672 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.698-2004

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Record createdSeptember 28, 2004
Record URL
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