Aug 01, 2007 - Sale 2120

Sale 2120 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
SPK CONFIANCE . . . Circa 1942.
46 1/2x31 1/4 inches. (118 x 79 cm.)
Condition B+: repaired tear through bottom margin into image; minor restoration and abrasions in image.
World War II era political propaganda encouraging Britain's enemies not to lose hope. In the form of a predatory octopus, a grotesque, red-lipped Winston Churchill is extending his reach from a red map of Britain, and encircling points on a map of Africa. Many of his tendrils have been cut off, emphasizing the poster's message, "Confidence . . . his amputations are proceeding methodically."