Propaganda Poster Spanish Civil War Vote Left Catalonia. Ori...

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Propaganda Poster Spanish Civil War Vote Left Catalonia. Original vintage election propaganda poster published during the Spanish Civil War - Balance of the Black Biennium neither peace nor peace Vote for the Left! / Balanç del "Bienni Negre" Ni pá ni pau Vota les esquerres! - depicting a family suffering from hunger in the foreground, the mother holding a baby next to young lady with a clenched fist standing behind a man with his arm around a young boy on the side, looking towards people standing and sitting in despair by the locked gate of a closed factory complex, the black and white shaded image broken by the red sky background above the industrial chimneys and text in bold red letters below. The Black Biennium was the name given to the reactionary period initiated by the right wing victory by the National Front in the 1933 elections until the 1936 election that was won by the Popular Front. Good condition, restored folds, repaired tears, faint foxing, backed on linen. Country of issue: Spain, designer: Arteche, size (cm): 61x41, year of printing: 1936.