Poster celebrating the victory of defeating the Nazis, bombs with British, Soviet and American insignia rain down and a Nazi skeleton crawls from the flames

Taller de Gráfica Popular|Alfredo Zalce

1945 · Linocut and letterpress printed in black and orange, backed with linen · Drawings and Prints

Poster celebrating the victory of defeating the Nazis, bombs with British, Soviet and American insignia rain down and a Nazi skeleton crawls from the flames — Taller de Gráfica Popular|Alfredo Zalce

The poster issues an invitation to attend a great march celebrating the Allied victory at the end of World War II. Bombs marked as British, American, and Soviet rain down upon the Nazis, people escape the rubble, and a couple confidently marches away from the past horror toward a promising future. El cartel invita a los espectadores asistir a una gran manifestación en celebración de la victoria aliada al término de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Varias bombas identificadas como británicas, norteamericanas y soviéticas caen sobre los nazis, algunas personas escapan de los escombros y una pareja se aleja con paso firme del horror del pasado hacia un futuro prometedor.

Artist: Taller de Gráfica Popular|Alfredo Zalce
Date: 1945
Medium: Linocut and letterpress printed in black and orange, backed with linen
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946