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Junk Rains Hell On Axis

Junk Rains Hell On Axis
Name: 
POSTER
Junk Rains Hell On Axis
1942
Country: 
United States New York New York
Accession: 
87.981.4.1
Boris Artzybasheff Designer Wickire Spencer Steel Co. Publisher
Collection: 
Object
Posters and Printed Ephemera
War and Political Propaganda
Subject: 
War/Military , Anti-Nazism , Caricature and Cartoons , Nationalism , World War II 1940-1945 , Anti-Fascism , Propaganda
Inches 44-3/4 23-1/2 Dimensions, matted Inches 42-3/4 21-3/8 Dimensions, unmatted, Centimeters 113.7 59.7 Dimensions, matted Centimeters 108.6 54.3 Dimensions, unmatted
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
87.981.4.1.JPG
Tags: 
War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Ink on paper color lithograph mounted on linen depicting a "rain storm" of metal objects pouring down upon caricatures of Mussolini, Hitler and Hirohito who are shielding themselves from the falling objects as they run away; three mice are also running from the falling metal.
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  • Title :     Junk Rains Hell On Axis
  • Artist:     Boris Artzybasheff Designer Wickire Spencer Steel Co. Publisher
  • Accession:     87.981.4.1
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     1942
  • Dimensions:     Inches 44-3/4 23-1/2 Dimensions, matted Inches 42-3/4 21-3/8 Dimensions, unmatted, Centimeters 113.7 59.7 Dimensions, matted Centimeters 108.6 54.3 Dimensions, unmatted
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Posters and Printed Ephemera
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     War/Military , Anti-Nazism , Caricature and Cartoons , Nationalism , World War II 1940-1945 , Anti-Fascism , Propaganda
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     87.981.4.1.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description:
Ink on paper color lithograph mounted on linen depicting a "rain storm" of metal objects pouring down upon caricatures of Mussolini, Hitler and Hirohito who are shielding themselves from the falling objects as they run away; three mice are also running from the falling metal.
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