Merci la Résistance!
Poster
ca. 1945 (made)
ca. 1945 (made)
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This poster celebrates the triumphant victory of the French resistance over German occupation during World War II. The freed priosner still wears his tattered prioner's tunic, with the ball and chain of Nazism broken at his feet. He shakes hands with Marianne, the personification of the French Republic. In the distance, ruins still smoulder yet the message is one of optimism in the face of an oppressive past and a difficult present.
Object details
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| Title | Merci la Résistance! |
| Materials and techniques | lithograph |
| Brief description | "Merci la Résistance!'. World War II propaganda poster, France, c. 1945. |
| Physical description | Freed prisoner from Nazi camp shaking hands with Marianne, personnification of the French Republic. At the prisoner's feet are broken chains and a ball imprinted with a swastika. Ruins smoulder in the street beyond. |
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| 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 | based on a design after Bréhat |
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| Summary | This poster celebrates the triumphant victory of the French resistance over German occupation during World War II. The freed priosner still wears his tattered prioner's tunic, with the ball and chain of Nazism broken at his feet. He shakes hands with Marianne, the personification of the French Republic. In the distance, ruins still smoulder yet the message is one of optimism in the face of an oppressive past and a difficult present. |
| Other number | LS.1701 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.1845-2004 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2005 |
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