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Poster celebrating the allied victory at the end of World War II

1945
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The poster issues an invitation to attend a great march celebrating the Allied victory at the end of World War II. Bombs marked as British, American, and Soviet rain down upon the Nazis, people escape the rubble, and a couple confidently marches away from the past horror toward a promising future.



El cartel invita a los espectadores asistir a una gran manifestación en celebración de la victoria aliada al término de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Varias bombas identificadas como británicas, norteamericanas y soviéticas caen sobre los nazis, algunas personas escapan de los escombros y una pareja se aleja con paso firme del horror del pasado hacia un futuro prometedor.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Poster celebrating the allied victory at the end of World War II
  • Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1945
  • Medium: Linocut and letterpress printed in black and orange, backed with linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 36 1/2 × 24 5/8 in. (92.7 × 62.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.498
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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