United Nations Day
Poster
1948 (made)
1948 (made)
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'United Nations Day', poster featuring a man's silhouette shaking many hands on blue & khaki ground. The title is printed in blue capitals, with the date, 'October 24th 1948', printed below in white letters. Set against a background of a blue sky-line fading into olive-green, and overlaid with a white grid that recedes into the distance, is the central silhouette of a semitransparent male figure, dressed in loose clothing, walking and reaching forwards. His legs are black, and the colour fades to brown for the rest of his form, to white hands which clasp disembodied hands, also coloured white. Behind him other white shadow-like hands clasp or shake one another in greeting, and two small olive-green clouds. The overall effect suggests a surrealist style.
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Title | United Nations Day (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
Brief description | 'United Nations Day', poster featuring a man's silhouette shaking many hands on blue & khaki ground, designed by Abram Games, printed for HMSO by Fosh & Cross Ltd., England (London), 1948 |
Physical description | 'United Nations Day', poster featuring a man's silhouette shaking many hands on blue & khaki ground. The title is printed in blue capitals, with the date, 'October 24th 1948', printed below in white letters. Set against a background of a blue sky-line fading into olive-green, and overlaid with a white grid that recedes into the distance, is the central silhouette of a semitransparent male figure, dressed in loose clothing, walking and reaching forwards. His legs are black, and the colour fades to brown for the rest of his form, to white hands which clasp disembodied hands, also coloured white. Behind him other white shadow-like hands clasp or shake one another in greeting, and two small olive-green clouds. The overall effect suggests a surrealist style. |
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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 |
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Other number | LS.2063 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.888-2004 |
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Record created | July 11, 2006 |
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