Enemy ears are listening

Name/Title

Enemy ears are listening

Description

The poster depicts Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tojo, and Adolf Hitler. Only one hand and the head of each man is shown. Each has his hand cupped around one ear. On Tojo's hand is a pinky ring and the artist's signature "Iligan" is written on his wrist, with a small inverted black triangle symbol below it.

Collection

Poster Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Ralph Iligan

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

U.S. Government Printing Office

Date made

1942

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Office of War Information

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poster

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

War posters, Talks, Silence, Enemies, Ears

Search Terms

Listening, Axis

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

13-11/16 in

Width

26 in