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Poster Kapitalistische beschaving! Alle macht a/d arbeiders (Capitalist Civilisation! All Power to the Workers)

Willem Papenhuijzen, c. 1920 - c. 1925

Two bleeding labourers’ heads impaled on bayonets: the designer Willem Papenhuijzen opted for an edgy message, depicting capitalist civilization as a gruesome scene of murder. According to the political left, World War I (1914-1918) proved that workers’ lives were being sacrificed to bellicose capitalism. For them, antimilitarism was synonymous with anti-capitalism.

  • Artwork typeposter
  • Object numberRP-P-1925-365
  • Dimensionsheight 850 mm x width 575 mm
  • Physical characteristicslithografie