Original French patriotic poster illustrated by Abel Faivre, produced as part of the national fundraising campaigns at the end of the First World War.
This financial propaganda poster encourages the French population to participate in the Liberation Loan, intended to support the war effort and finance the victory against Germany in 1918.
In this striking depiction, Allied flags dominate Kaiser Wilhelm II as he kneels, his sword broken with the German spiked helmet.
A powerful iconography symbolizing enemy defeat and Allied unity.
Abel Faivre (1867-1945), a renowned illustrator and caricaturist, was one of the great artists of French patriotic posters during the Great War. His works were widely distributed for national bond campaigns.
The printing was done by the Lapina and Crété printing houses, two major Parisian workshops in the production of illustrated posters at the beginning of the 20th century.
Artist: Abel Faivre.
Title: The Liberation Loan.
Period: First World War (circa 1918).
Printers: Lapina & Crete.
Technique: Colour lithography on paper.
Dimensions: 113.5 × 80 cm.
Medium: paper.
Condition: poster not linen-backed.
National loan posters are now emblematic testimonies to France's economic and moral mobilization during the Great War. They are sought after by collectors of militaria, vintage posters, and 20th-century graphic arts.
This type of poster exists in several formats (often around 80 × 110 cm or in "half-large"), depending on the print run and printers.
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