Par Le Plan Marshall
Poster
1950 (printed)
1950 (printed)
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The Marshall Plan, announced in 1947, was a programme of American aid for the devastated countries of Europe at the end of the Second World War, but it was also a way of inhibiting the spread of Soviet-style Communism from the east across the continent. Gaston van den Eynde drew on a simple metaphor to express the purpose of the Plan in his poster, representing it as a solid wooden stake supporting a young, blossoming tree.
Object details
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| Title | Par Le Plan Marshall (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Par Le Plan Marshall'. Poster designed by Gaston van den Eynde advertising the Marshall Plan. Colour offset lithograph, 1950. |
| Physical description | Portrait format poster. Overall blue ground - the sky with three small clouds. Leaning into it, at a left to right diagonal, a blossoming cherry tree, bound to a supporting wooden stake with bands decorated with the flags of different nations. Captioned in French diagonally across the bottom of the image. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by the Editor of Modern Publicity |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Summary | The Marshall Plan, announced in 1947, was a programme of American aid for the devastated countries of Europe at the end of the Second World War, but it was also a way of inhibiting the spread of Soviet-style Communism from the east across the continent. Gaston van den Eynde drew on a simple metaphor to express the purpose of the Plan in his poster, representing it as a solid wooden stake supporting a young, blossoming tree. |
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| Accession number | E.1900-1952 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2003 |
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