Australia and the war / Pollock. – Vintage Poster
(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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Step back in time with Australia and the war / Pollock., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Australia and the war / Pollock.
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Few WPA posters of the war focus on Australia, which makes this 1941 silkscreen by Detroit artist Charles Pollock stand out on the board. Australia had entered the war in September 1939, and by 1941 its troops were fighting in North Africa, Greece and Crete. After Japan entered the conflict in December 1941, Australians felt their own coastline threatened, a fear that later shaped the Pacific campaign. The Federal Art Project sponsored the poster, so it reflects how American government artists chose to present an allied nation's wartime struggle.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Hand-written on recto in pencil: Charles Pollock - Detroit. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 261 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945. Australia--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,038 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 217_Australia_and_the_war_1941 |
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