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Stock# 74212
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Kimon Evan Marengo (aka Kem)
Title
One By One. His Legs Will Be Broken
Publication Place / Date
Great Britain / 1941
Image Dimensions
18.7 x 28 inches
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Condition
VG+
Stock# 74212
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Description

A very nice example of Kem's classic image of Hitler as a spider attacking Europe, one of the all-time great World War II map posters.

The map shows Hitler's spider legs stretching out to North Africa, Scandinavia, the Middle East, U.S.S.R., Western Europe, and the Atlantic. All over British warplanes and warships are shown dealing blows to his advances. The Red Army is given some nominal visual credit on the Eastern Front.

The map was also issued in a French-language edition.

This is certainly one of the most compelling of the war poster maps that we have seen.

Rarity

The map is reasonably well accounted for in the usual institutions (Imperial War Museum, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Smithsonian), but it is rare in commerce. We have looked for it for years and this is the first example we have found.

Provenance

Deaccessioned from the Valentine Museum.

Condition Description
Vertical and horizontal centerfolds. One with a partial clean split.
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