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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Kriegsanleihe
Zeichnet Achte Kriegsanleihe
Maximilian Lenz (1860-1948) · Eighth Austrian War Loan, 1918
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph Maximilian Lenz drew for the eighth Austrian war loan in 1918, signed M. Lenz, 62 by 95 cm, a sheet wider than it is tall, from the Rehse-Archiv at the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
The title means subscribe to the 8th War Loan. Lenz was a founder of the Vienna Secession.
What to notice
A winged goddess in a chariot drawn by four horses, laurel wreath in hand, crushing three dragons.
Victory at a gallop, in the war's last year.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Maximilian Lenz (1860-1948)
- Campaign
- War Bonds
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Eighth Austrian War Loan, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-X-expired).
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