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Halte aux Menteurs!

Poster
1950-1955 (published)
Artist/Maker
Paix Et Liberté (commissioned and published)
Place of origin
France (published)

French politician Jean-Paul David created Paix et Liberté, a French anti-Communist propaganda organization, in 1950 for the purpose of waging a poster campaign in direct opposition to political posters published by the French Communist Party since the end of World War II. The organization often used the words and themes of the French Communist Party’s posters to ridicule their political agenda.

Object details

Categories
Politics
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleHalte aux Menteurs! (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Anti-communist party poster, France, 1950-1955
Physical description
Poster
Dimensions
  • Height: 80cm
  • Width: 59.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Halte aux menteurs!// Les cocobacilles sèment la haine!'
Credit line
Given by Michael Voggenauer, in memory of his father Josef Voggenauer
Subject depicted
National Maps
Summary
French politician Jean-Paul David created Paix et Liberté, a French anti-Communist propaganda organization, in 1950 for the purpose of waging a poster campaign in direct opposition to political posters published by the French Communist Party since the end of World War II. The organization often used the words and themes of the French Communist Party’s posters to ridicule their political agenda.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.169-2006

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Record createdMay 30, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O124422/halte-aux-menteurs-poster-paix-et-liberté/
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