Sale 2612 - Lot 34

Sale 2612 - Lot 34
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July 19, 2022

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Sale 2612 - Lot 34

Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)

I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917.

39 1/2x29 1/4 inches, 100 1/4x74 1/4 cm. Leslie-Judge Co., New York.
Condition B+: replaced losses, repaired tears and overpainting in margins; creases, abrasions and minor restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; reds slightly attenuated. Framed.

"The best known American poster of all time" (Darracott xviii) and clearly "a cultural icon" of 20th century imagery and propaganda (Power of the Poster p. 162). Flagg p. 80 and cover, American Style 60, IWM I p. 27, Rawls p. 13, Theofiles 11, Darracott 13, Rickards 14, Borkan p. 13, Word & Image p. 48, Modern American 24, Power of The Poster 156, War Posters 18.

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Sale 2612 - Lot 34
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