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Hands clear - not here! when stacking

Poster
1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (issued by)
Loxley Bros. Ltd. (printers)
ROSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) (publishers)
Games, Abram (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

'Hands clear - not here! when stacking' safety poster depicting two black crates. One is attached to a hook, and is lifted to the centre of the image. This box is mainy black, but its top is green and its right side red. Two stylised hands, matching the colours of the sides that they grip the edges of the box and join at the wrist at right angles. The green hand bears the words 'Hands Clear', and the red hand 'Not Here!'. Below the main image, and to the left of the other crate, are the words 'when stacking'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Health
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleHands clear - not here! when stacking (generic title)
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Hands clear - not here! when stacking' safety poster, designed by Abram Games for RoSPA, Britain, 1950s
Physical description
'Hands clear - not here! when stacking' safety poster depicting two black crates. One is attached to a hook, and is lifted to the centre of the image. This box is mainy black, but its top is green and its right side red. Two stylised hands, matching the colours of the sides that they grip the edges of the box and join at the wrist at right angles. The green hand bears the words 'Hands Clear', and the red hand 'Not Here!'. Below the main image, and to the left of the other crate, are the words 'when stacking'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HANDS CLEAR' (Incorporated into image, on green hand, white letters.)
  • 'NOT HERE!' (Incorporated into image, on red hand, white letters.)
  • 'when stacking' (To the lower left of the image, printed in red and green)
  • 'A. GAMES' (Artist's signature, red, upper left corner)
  • 'IND./A/6. Issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD.' (Printing and publishers information, green typeface, lower edge of poster, and with Society's logo, a cog and a triangle in the lower left corner)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends of the V&A by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Safety
Work
Hands
Perspective
Crates
Hoisting Machinery
Other number
LS.2066 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.890-2004

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Record createdJuly 13, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126049/hands-clear---not-poster-games-abram/
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