Auction 002
Original Vintage Posters - Spring Clearance Sale
By AntikBar Auctions
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Mar 23, 2024
404 King’s Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0LJ
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LOT 442:
Propaganda Poster Anti Nazi WWII Hitler Throne Iran Persian Sleeping Dreaming. Original vintage World War Two ...
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Sold for: £550
Price including buyer’s premium:
£
660
Start price:
£
120
Estimated price :
£180 - £360
Buyer's Premium: 20%
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Propaganda Poster Anti Nazi WWII Hitler Throne Iran Persian Sleeping Dreaming. Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster featuring a caricature by the British cartoon artist KEM Kimon Evan Marengo (1904-1988), produced for the Ministry of Information with a quote in Persian - Thus he saw that from the palace of the Emperor three warriors suddenly came forward - adapted from the Shahnameh / Book of Kings by the renowned Persian poet and author Ferdowsi (Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi; 940-019/1025CE). Great design depicting Hitler as the mythical figure Zahhak with the faces of Mussolini and Tojo as the evil king's snakes growing out of his shoulders, sleeping on a red daybed with his dream in a cloud above showing Churchill smoking a cigar on a horse with a Union Jack flag, Stalin smoking a pipe and Roosevelt on a horse with the American flag in front of a palace building, his guards wearing swastika armbands armed with guns and knives with a monkey character with devil horns and tail and horse hoof feet in foreground. Good condition, pinholes, staining, creasing, small tears on edges. Country of issue: UK, designer: Kimon Evan Marengo, size (cm): 34x23, year of printing: 1943.
