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Designs for wartime information campaign 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' Designs for wartime information campaign 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'

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Designs for wartime information campaign 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'

Cyril Kenneth Bird 'Fougasse'

Art Funded
2006
Dimensions
33 x 20.5 cm
Vendor
Hilary Gerrish and Neil Jennings Ltd
Eight original designs for the 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' poster campaign.

The designs are close in appearance to the issued posters and show the development of the final slogan which started as 'Careless Talk May Cost Us All Dear'. The campaign revolutionised official propaganda by using humour.

Provenance

Artist's family; Christopher Gage of Marlborough; Hilary Gerrish and Neil Jennings Ltd, 2004.

Pen & pencil & watercolour on paper

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