The Claw of the Italian Invader Grasps to Enslave Us
Poster
1937 (published)
1937 (published)
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The designer of this poster, Amado Oliver, was associated with the Union General de Trabajadores, a Socialist trades union. His poster was published to rally opposition to the 50,000 troops who had arrived in Spain from Italy in March 1937. They were there to support the aim of the Right-wing Nationalist leader, General Francisco Franco (1892-1975), of capturing Madrid and overthrowing the Socialist government.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Amado Oliver.'La Garra Del Invasor Italiano Pretende Esclavizarnos'. Spanish War poster issued by the Junta Delegada de Defensa de Madrid, 1937. |
| Physical description | Portrait format poster printed in colours on a cream ground. A huge hand descends from upper right corner to centre of image. It is printed in diagonal stripes of red, white and green and is patterned with parallel lines of stylised marching soldiers. The hand reaches down with a pincer movement of thumb and forfinger to grasp at the centre of a stylised map of Spain printed in brown. Around the lower margin and reaching up the left margin is the caption printed in capitals. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by the Editor of The Studio. Reproduced courtesy of the Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Archivo Histórico Nacional, Sección Guerra Civil, Cartel No 481 |
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| Summary | The designer of this poster, Amado Oliver, was associated with the Union General de Trabajadores, a Socialist trades union. His poster was published to rally opposition to the 50,000 troops who had arrived in Spain from Italy in March 1937. They were there to support the aim of the Right-wing Nationalist leader, General Francisco Franco (1892-1975), of capturing Madrid and overthrowing the Socialist government. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938. |
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| Accession number | E.1182-1937 |
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| Record created | March 8, 2003 |
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