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ABRAM GAMES (1914-1996)
CURIOSITY IGNORANCE BRAVADO. 1943.
28 3/4x19 1/4 inches, 73x49 cm. Alf Cooke Ltd, Leeds and London. Condition A: minor creases and abrasions at edges. Paper.
During the war, Games used photography and surrealism to create dramatic warnings. This image is from a series he designed for the War Office in 1942 and 1943 that was intended to help prevent accidents. When the poster was reproduced in the World Press News in November 1943, it was noted that even small, and in black and white, the image "conveys an extraordinarily powerful impression" (Games p. 53). Games p. 57.
