JEAN CARLU (1900-1997) ENTRE LE MARTEAU . . . ET L'ENCLUME! 1944. 45x31 inches, 114 1/4x78 1/2 cm. McCandlish Lithograph Corporation, Philadelphia. Condition B: restored losses and overpainting in image; abrasions, minor losses, staining and pin holes in margins and image; light vertical and horizontal folds. With the landing of the Allied Forces in Normandy and Provence, it was becoming joyfully clear that the Nazis would be crushed "between the hammer and the anvil." The anvil represented the French resistance that had been fighting the German occupying forces for years, and the hammer symbolized the combined might of all the Allied Forces. The image perfectly captures the concept of the Germans being shattered by these two mighty powers. Commissioned by the Allies on behalf of the free French government in Algiers, this poster was posted in France after D-Day. Carlu 54, Paret 253, Zeman p. 89, Judd 2.36.
