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Cold War Graphics

The graphic story of the Cold War era is told through a series of posters. ‘They are vivid images’ is how David Crowley describes them, and a ‘powerful visual narrative of the age’. Many seem strikingly contemporary, such as a poster for the exhibition ‘USA Baut’ (1945) by the Bauhaus and Walter Gropius pupil Max Bill, while others seem eerily timeless.One such is a poster for the Marshall Plan, the US financing package to help rebuild Europe. Created by Gaston Van den Eynde ...

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