Place | Europe: United Kingdom |
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Accession Number | ARTV09904 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Sheet: 36.7 cm x 24.4 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | offset lithograph on paper |
Maker |
Games, Abram |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
He talked they died
Description
British Second World War cautionary poster by Abram Games warns of the danger of careless talk. The poster depicts a man's head with mouth circled, soldiers lie dead below, a result of the man's careless talk. Abram Games (1914-1996) was one of the most influential graphic designers of the twentieth century. In a career spanning six decades, he designed posters and advertising for clients such as Shell, Guinness, British Airways and the United Nations. In describing his role as a poster artist, he said, 'I wind the spring and the public, in looking at the poster, will have that spring released in its mind.'