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America's Answer! PRODUCTION!

Poster
1941 (made)
Artist/Maker
US Office of War Information, Domestic Operations Branch (Bureau of Special Services) (issued by)
Carlu, Jean (artist)
Place of origin
United States (made)

This poster, created by French designer Jean Carlu (1900–1997) promoted efforts to increase industrial production to support the U.S. military. Carlu's poster is characteristic of a genre of war poster design which drew on modern fine art movements. Some felt that this answered a need for purposeful 'war graphics' that were distinct from commercial advertising.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleAmerica's Answer! PRODUCTION! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Paper
Ink
Brief description
World War II poster issued by Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management. USA, 1941. Designed by Jean Carlu.
Physical description
Large gloved hand manoeuvring a wrench and screw.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.1cm
  • Width: 101.5cm
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
World War II
Place depicted
United States
Summary
This poster, created by French designer Jean Carlu (1900–1997) promoted efforts to increase industrial production to support the U.S. military. Carlu's poster is characteristic of a genre of war poster design which drew on modern fine art movements. Some felt that this answered a need for purposeful 'war graphics' that were distinct from commercial advertising.
Bibliographic references
  • A History of Visual Communication. Josef Muller-Brockmann. Verlag Arthur Niggli. 1971.
  • The Modern American Poster: From the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. J. Stewart Johnson. Kyoto: The National Museum of Modern Art. 1983.
Other number
LS.384 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.41-2004

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Record createdOctober 25, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106715/americas-answer-production-poster-carlu-jean/
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