JEAN CARLU (1900-1997) PACIFIQUE. 1945.

60x40 inches. S. A. Courbet, Paris.
Condition B: restoration and repaired tears in margins and image; creases in image.
Carlu spent the war in the United States, where he created some his best work for the war effort, with pieces like Production and Give Them Both Barrels. He visited France in 1945 and settled there permanantly in the early 50's. He did this poster for the screening of an American film about the war in the Pacific. It was a one night only show at the Paris Opera celebrating liberty and victory. The simplicity with which he shows a Japanese plane being shot down is superb. This poster held a special place in Carlu's heart. Produced during one night in a time when ink and paper were in short supply, Carlu has said that this image had an unusually small run, which he estimated to be from 200-300. So far this is only the second one to have ever surfaced.
ref: Jean Carlu, Musee de l'Affiche, Paris 1981, no. 60.