"Italian Socialist Party Poster - "if you speak socialist in Europe, they will understand you."" [NMLH.2022.96]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.96

Object Name
Poster

Title
Italian Socialist Party Poster - "if you speak socialist in Europe, they will understand you."

Date
1980

Description
This poster is part of a collection of 100 posters designed by Ettore Vitale for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) between 1973 and 1991. The posters promote a range of events and campaigns using the colours of the Italian flag- red, white, and green, along with motifs of carnations, rainbows, and stars. This poster is large with a white background - it has the phrase "if you speak socialist in Europe, they will understand you" in different languages repeated. There is little variation in the phrases - the first it in Italian, and then German, French, Dutch, English and Danish. Each phrase in each language is a different colour. The bottom of the poster has the Italian Socialist Party logo, with a red carnation and red hammer and sickle inside the circle logo.