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title: Exhibition of Paintings poster, USIS Sketch Club (Karachi)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/exhibition-of-paintings-poster-usis-sketch-club-karachi-1957/
description: A two-colour poster for an exhibition of paintings by members of the USIS Sketch Club, opening on 8 August 1957 at the Y.W.C.A. Hall, Bunder Road.
section: Collection
---

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# Exhibition of Paintings poster, USIS Sketch Club (Karachi)

A two-colour poster for an exhibition of paintings by members of the USIS Sketch Club, opening on 8 August 1957 at the Y.W.C.A. Hall, Bunder Road, 'in celebration of Pakistan Independence Day'. A line drawing of a woman and child among leaves and birds sits beside a painter's palette. The tell is transfer: a national holiday of the host country is used to lend occasion to a U.S. information post's art club.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
By The U.S.I.S. SKETCH CLUB MEMBERS

IN CELEBRATION OF PAKISTAN INDEPENDENCE DAY TO BE OPENED ON AUGUST 8, 1957, AT 5-30 P.M. AT Y.W.C.A. HALL, BUNDER ROAD

The exhibition will remain open to the public until August 10, 1957, between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The paintings will be on sale.

[artist signature, partly legible]
```

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