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Reginald Mount
Original Vintage War Home Front Recycling Poster Bones Make Explosives WWII

1944

About the Item

Original vintage World War Two Home Front recycling poster - Bones Make Explosives Put Out All Bones For Salvage - featuring a great modernist graphic design by Reginald Mount (1906-1979) of an RAF Royal Air Force spitfire plane firing its machine guns whilst flying through the blue sky leaving white lines behind it from the bold white word Bones and word Make in red next to an illustration of a bone towards the word Explosives in white, the rest of the list in white - Lubricating Oil Glue Fertiliser Animal Feed Etc. - and text in black below. Printed for HM Stationery Office by Ford, Shapland and Co. Ltd, London. Good condition, restored folds, small restored paper losses, restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen.
  • Creator:
    Reginald Mount (1906 - 1979)
  • Creation Year:
    1944
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 20.08 in (51 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Good condition, restored folds, small restored paper losses, restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU43614256012
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