Apr 24, 2014 - Sale 2346

Sale 2346 - Lot 35

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
DESIGNER UNKNOWN PROFITEZ DES CAMPS DE VACANCES . . . . . / SOVIETIQUES. Circa 1952.
31 1/2x23 1/2 inches, 80x59 3/4 cm. Paix et Liberte, Paris.
Condition B+: tears at edges, some affecting image; minor losses in margins; creases in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
In the years following World War II, the French Communist Party comprised almost a quarter of the country's electorate. In 1950, the anti-Communist movement Paix et Liberte was formed. Between 1950 and 1955, they issued on average three posters per month on behalf of their cause. This one is a sarcastic message denouncing the gulags, with the title "enjoy Soviet summer camps."