JEAN CARLU (1900-1997). AMERICA'S ANSWER! /
JEAN CARLU (1900-1997) AMERICA'S ANSWER! / PRODUCTION. 1942.29½x39¾ inches, 75x101 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.Condition B: repaired tears, creases and abrasions in image and along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; reds slightly attenuated.Designed and issued six months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. government reissued this poster on a larger scale the following year, when the war machine was heavily reliant on the mighty output from American factories. Here, power, technology and strength are combined in a modern, mechanical style. Pollack pl. 157, Carlu 49, Word & Image p. 93, Weill 505, Modern American 45, Modern Poster 197, Design for Victory p. 24, Zeman p. 69, The Poster 312, Avant Garde p. 171, Mechanical Age p. 121, Design Graphique p. 87, Resnick 36, MoMA 118.1968.
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JEAN CARLU (1900-1997) AMERICA'S ANSWER! / PRODUCTION. 1942.29½x39¾ inches, 75x101 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.Condition B: repaired tears, creases and abrasions in image and along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; reds slightly attenuated.Designed and issued six months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. government reissued this poster on a larger scale the following year, when the war machine was heavily reliant on the mighty output from American factories. Here, power, technology and strength are combined in a modern, mechanical style. Pollack pl. 157, Carlu 49, Word & Image p. 93, Weill 505, Modern American 45, Modern Poster 197, Design for Victory p. 24, Zeman p. 69, The Poster 312, Avant Garde p. 171, Mechanical Age p. 121, Design Graphique p. 87, Resnick 36, MoMA 118.1968.
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