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Verdunkle!

Poster
1940-44 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster depicting a skeleton stradling a war plane in flight, aiming a missile at electric lights in a town below.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVerdunkle! (assigned by artist)
Brief description
"Verdunkle!" World War II propaganda poster by Otto Sander-Herweg. Austria, circa 1940-44.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster depicting a skeleton stradling a war plane in flight, aiming a missile at electric lights in a town below.
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Bibliographic reference
There were numerous iterations of this design, often given the longer title of 'Der Feind sieht Dein Licht! Verdunkeln!' (The enemy sees your light! Black out!).
Collection
Accession number
E.615-2004

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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