LES PUBLICITAIRES AU SERVICE DE LA PROPAGANDE FRANÇAISE – High-quality folder containing 21 plates of patriotic and anti-fascist propaganda posters in color, published in France. Issued in 1943 by the Ministry of Information. Many of the posters were designed by leading French artists of the time – Éric Castel, Jacques Pecnard, Roland Huguet, and others. The folio was published as a gesture by the artists to their fellow countrymen who were imprisoned at the time. In French.
Each plate features a mounted poster with a descriptive caption at the bottom. Among them: a call by the Ministry of Justice to recruit police officers, recruitment for aviation services, recruitment for France’s technical services, the “Friends of Nature” group, recruitment for the Air Force in the colonies, national relief efforts in the winter of 1943, and many others.
[3] introductory plates + 23 poster plates + [3] closing plates. Complete folder including the introductory and opening plates, all intact. Plate size: 32×24 cm. Very good condition.
