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Cañavate. Evacuad Madrid. 1937. Lithographed poster, 39 1/2 x 28 1/4" (94.8 x 71.8 cm) |
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Solá. Mes homes! Mes armes! Mes municions! 1936. Lithographed poster, 27 1/2 x 39" (69.9 x 99.1 cm) |
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| The talents of artists and graphic designers were called upon to create a barrage of posters to fill the streets of Spanish towns and cities. There are now thought to have been between 1,000 and 1,500 different designs, each printed in an edition of 3,000 to 5,000 copies. In 1936 and the summer of 1937 Franco's forces tried unsuccessfully to capture Madrid, Spain's largest city. Posters such as Evacuad Madrid were issued by the Republican government to call on women and children to evacuate the city for safer places. One of the last strongholds of the Republicans, Madrid finally succumbed in March 1939. More Men! More Weapons! More Munitions! was a call to arms for the Republican forces. This poster was issued by U.G.T, one of the Spanish labor unions that maintained militia and also enlisted artists in its membership to the cause of poster design. |
