Edition Staeck Political Posters

DIE MAUER MUSS WEG. 1976.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1978 84 x 59.5cm, full colour offset poster with a headline: "DIE MAUER MUSS WEG." /THE WALL MUST GO! Published two years before the Berlin Wall was pulled down by the German people. VG+.

£40.00

FREIHEIT ODER SOZIALISMUS KAMERADEN! 1976.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1975 59.5 x 84cm, red and black offset lithograph poster showing Nazi soldiers and a quote from State President Dr. Helmuth Lemke (CDU), "Freedom or socialism comrades!" Lemke's had a National Socialist past and this poster was an attack on him by Staeck to remind people he had been a Nazi. VG+.

£45.00

ALTERNATIVE ’76 CDU – SICHER IN DIE 50ER JAHRE. 1976.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1976 59.5 x 84cm, full colour offset lithograph poster showing a Steack photo montage of Franz Josef Strauss standing in front of a car without wheels and Helmut Kohl sitting inside. The slogan suggests they are living back in the 50s. A political attack poster which originally appeared as a cover monthly members' magazine of the SPD. VG+.

£45.00

RUF DOCH MAL AN! 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm, black and yellow poster to with a graphic image of a tick and the text: "RUF DOCH MAL AN!" The tick is a symbol of spying in Germany (a spy is a tick) and this is a condemnation of the government tapping telephones which was revealed in a public scandal. VG+.

£40.00

DER SYMPATHISANTENSUMPF MUSS TROCKENGELEGT WERDEN. 1977.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm, red and black poster with an image of burning books by Heinrich Böll, Siegfried Lenz, Willy Brandt, Heinrich Mann along with the sarcastic title: "DER SYMPATHISANTENSUMPF MUSS TROCKENGELEGT WERDEN" - The swamp of fellow travellers must be drained". Another anti-censorship work by Staeck. VG+.

£40.00

DER AKTIONÄR IST DAS GRÖSSTE SÄUGETIER. 1977.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm, red and black poster with an image of a baby bottle with the Swiss cross. The title text "DER AKTIONÄR IST DAS GRÖSSTE SÄUGETIER" translates to "THE SHAREHOLDER IS THE BIGGEST MAMMAL" inferring that the benefits of baby milk are more to the capaitalists than the babies who use it. Stack published other similar posters with the same graphic later in the 1908s. VG+.

£40.00

EINE ZENSUR FINDET NICHT STATT. 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm, red and black poster protesting state censorship - the phrase "EINE ZENSUR FINDET NICHT STATT" is "censored" by the addition of a state flag to hide the word Nicht. VG+.

£40.00

WIR SCHAFFEN ARBEITSPLATZE DURCH INVESTITIONEN. 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm,full colour poster showing a photomontage of a office block with a sign saying the company is hiring machines but are releasing employees. "Wir stellen ein! 1 Fotosetzmaschine, 1 Schreibkraft - Wir entlassen: 4 Setzer, 3 Textmetteure, 3 Stereotypeure, 1 Korrektor - Wir schaffen Arbeitsplätze durch Investitionen" which roughly translates to "We are hiring! 1 phototypesetter, 1 typist - We are firing: 4 typesetters, 3 copywriters, 3 stereotypists, 1 proofreader" Underneath is a text: "WIR SCHAFFEN ARBEITSPLATZE DURCH INVESTITIONEN" - a sarcastic "WE CREATE JOBS THROUGH INVESTMENTS".VG+.

£40.00

VORSTELLUNGSGESPRÄCH (ÖFFENTLICHER DIENST). 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster showing a medieval drawing of a man being trepanned along with the text: "VORSTELLUNGSGESPRÄCH (ÖFFENTLICHER DIENST)" - "JOB INTERVIEW (PUBLIC SERVICE)". VG+.

£40.00

NUR DIE ARMUT GEBIERT GROSES (BERLEGERWEISHEIT). 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster reproducing an apprpropriated painting of a man ill in bed and the text: "NUR DIE ARMUT GEBIERT GROSES (BERLEGERWEISHEIT)/Auto fordern tarifvertrage. Verband duetcher schriftseller (vs) in der ig druck und papier" The poster supports the campaign for German writers to be paid reasonably. The headline translates to "ONLY POVERTY BRINGS GREAT THINGS" VG+.

£40.00

GROSSE ANFRAGE DER CDU/CSU. 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1984? 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster attacking the CDU/CSU - the text below a dairy cow asks "Is it true that all dairy co-operatives are communist fed?". VG+.

£40.00

DER UNTERTAN! WOLTT IHR FREIHEIT ODER SOZIALISMUS. 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1984? 84 x 59.5cm, full colour poster for a two night theatre event in the Schauspielhaus Bochum (written by Robert Muller - based on the play by Heinrich Mann - directed by Jürgen Flimm. VG+.

£40.00

ÜBERGEWICHT. 1977.

Heidelberg: Klaus Staeck, 1977 84 x 59.5cm, red and black poster showing two young children begging and the text: "Every second German is overweight". VG+.

£40.00

EUROPA IST MEHR ALS DIE WEIN-SCHWEMME. 1977.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, n.d. (1977) 84 x 59.5cm, full colour offset with the text in blood red - the text comparing the CDU (the 4th party) with the third reich (here the 4th Reich). Relatively early poster designed by Staeck. VG+.

£40.00

GUTE FAHRT VATI!. 1978.

Berlin: Edition Staeck, 1978 84 x 59.5cm, full colour photo-collage poster with a child saying "goodbye dad" while wearing a gas mask. An anti-pollution message from Staeck. VG+.

£40.00
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