May 05, 2003 - Sale 1970

Sale 1970 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MIGUEL NO LLENCEU ELS DIARIS. Circa 1938.
271/2x391/4 inches. Rieusset, Barcelona.
Condition B+: repaired tears in bottom margin; tape on verso. Paper.
As the Republican troops were losing ground in their struggle against Fascism, the shortage of paper made it difficult to provide the front with newspapers. This poster encouraged people to save their papers instead of throwing them away so they could be sent to Republican soldiers. The photo-montage shows a hand giving a newspaper to a group of soldiers, their arms eagerly outstretched. The text, presented via interesting, hand-drawn typography, is in Catalan. Guerra Civil, p. 318 no. 533.