Action stations...Saving is everybody's war job Accession Number: AWM2017.916.12

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Henrion is one of the most well known designers working on propaganda posters in Britain during the Second World War. This war savings poster is an example of his clever use of photography. Three colorful arrows are superimposed over a battleship to build a dynamic image in which the text has been arranged in a textbook example of all the tenets of Modernism.

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Accession Number
AWM2017.916.12
Designer
Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 73.6 x 91 cm
Medium
lithograph printed in colour mounted on linen
Date Made
1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 2017
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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