Save waste fats for explosives : take them to your meat dealer Accession Number: ARTV05542

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Office of War Information poster no. 63. issued by the Division of Public Inquiries to encourage citizens to save their waste fats and oils from cooking for use in the production of munitions. Henry Koerner (1915 - 1991) was an Austrian-born American painter and graphic designer best known for works of the late 1940s and his portrait covers for 'Time' magazine. Employed as a commercial artist in Maxwell Bauer Studios in Manhattan, he achieved initial success as a poster artist, receiving two first prizes from the National War Poster Competition. In 1943, the Office of War Information hired Koerner in its Graphics Division in New York, where he worked alongside artists Ben Shahn, Bernard Perlin, and David Stone Martin. Drafted into the U.S. Army, he was ordered in 1944 to the Graphics Division of the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, D.C. Shipped to London, he documented, in pen and ink sketches and photographs, everyday life during wartime. After VE Day (8 May 1945), Koerner was reassigned to Germany, sketching defendants at the War Crimes trials.

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Accession Number
ARTV05542
Artist
Henry Koerner
Publisher
Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 57 cm x 41 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1939-1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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