[Vive la France!] – Historic Print
![[Vive la France!], 1918 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f9/f9af7bcaaf08-L.webp)
(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: [Vive la France!], preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Vive la France!]
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The title, *Vive la France!*, is French for "Long live France," and this 1918 color lithograph uses French flags and military uniforms as its main symbols of national pride. The poster was copyrighted that year by H.G. Klotz Co. of New York and is attributed to Vojtěch Preissig, a Czech artist who worked in the United States during the war and made posters supporting the Allied cause. Its large format, about 97 by 73 centimeters, reflects how wartime appeals were often designed to be seen from a distance. Notice how the flag and uniform imagery serves as shorthand for loyalty, a visual language common in posters from the final years of the war.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 97 x 73 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: [Long live France!] Title supplied by curator. Copyright 1918 by H.G. Klotz Co. New York. Promotional goal: Fr. H58. 1918. Item is no. 167 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AJE · Preissig Vojtech artist. |
| Subjects | Symbols--1910-1920. Flags--French--1910-1920. Military uniforms--French--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,792 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 946_Vive_la_France_1918 |
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