DETAILS
Designed for the Office of War Information by the artist Bernard Perlin. This vintage offset lithograph poster shows a sailor clenching his fist above a scene of the explosion of the battleship USS Arizona at the attack of Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. A propaganda wartime poster designed to symbolize American strength and patriotism.
TITLE
Avenge December 7
PUBLISHER
U.S. Government Printing Office
FRAMING
Unframed
MAKER
Bernard Perlin (American, 1918-2014)
MARKS
Printed signature: (lower right) Bernard Perlin; (lower center) OWI Poster No. 15...U.S. Government Printing Office 1942 O-491978
PERIOD
World War II (1939-45) | Mid 20th century
DATE
1942
DIMENSIONS
Width 28 Height 40 inches
CONDITION
Note: fold lines; some tears; losses to edges.