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20 x 30 vintage poster
"Timber Stacking" by Burmese artist Ba Nyan. It was commissioned by the Empire Marketing Board (EMB) in the late 1920s or early 1930s to promote industry in Burma (now Myanmar).
Artwork Details
Artist: Ba Nyan (1897–1945), a notable Burmese artist.
Title: "Timber Stacking" (sometimes referred to as "Moving Logs with Elephant Power").
Commissioned by: The Empire Marketing Board (EMB), an organization that operated from 1926 to 1933.
Purpose: The poster was created to highlight the natural resources and colonial industry of Burma and was distributed to places like schools as a teaching aid.
Medium: Colour lithograph. |
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