JEAN CARLU (1900-1997) GIVE 'EM BOTH BARRELS. 1941. 30x39 1/2 inches, 76x10 1/4 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, [Washington, D.C.] Condition A-: creases and minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. Framed. In 1939, while still in France, Carlu designed a poster promoting the "Anglo-French Day for the benefit of the combatants and their families," featuring two soldiers in profile, a theme which he clearly replicated in this 1941 poster,, but with far more effect and impact. "A visual analogy is found between a machine gun and a rivet-gun," (Word & Image p. 61) driving home the connection between home front workers and front-line soldiers. This is the larger of two formats. Carlu 50, Design for Victory p. 29, Word & Image p. 61, Modern American 46, IWM II p. 24, Modern Poster 195, Judd 4.7, Nelson p. 65, Pollack p. 156.
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