La Baiumlonnette. Tous les jeudis. Bas les masques? . . . Violaacute! – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: La Baiumlonnette. Tous les jeudis. Bas les masques? . . . Violaacute!, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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La Baiumlonnette. Tous les jeudis. Bas les masques? . . . Violaacute!
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A skeleton in German military dress is unmasked in this 1916 French poster, which asks "Bas les masques?" ("Off with the masks?") and answers "Voilà!" It advertised *La Baïonnette*, a satirical weekly that appeared on Thursdays during the First World War, and it uses death itself to mock the German soldier and the propaganda surrounding him. The record credits Paul Iribe with the signature and names Cappiello, Fabiano, and Abel Faivre as designers, a group of illustrators who helped shape French wartime graphic satire. The bold color and simple composition show how a lithograph poster could carry a joke to the street quickly.
| Created / published | 1916 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 31 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: La Baiumlonnette. Every Thursday. Off with the masks? . . . There it is! Signed: Paul Iribe. Dessins de: Cappiello Fabiano Abel Faivre . . . . Promotional goal: Fr. D41. 1916/17. Item is no. 262 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. MDD · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--German. Skeletons--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,794 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1501_La_Baiumlonnette_Tous_l_1916 |
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