Feb 09, 2006 - Sale 2066

Sale 2066 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ANONYMOUS BOYCOTT OLYMPIC GAMES. 1936.
211/2x121/4 inches. Oriom Press, New York.
Condition B+: creases through image; minor creases and discoloration in margins and image. Paper.
A gross and effective parody of America's famous "I Want You" poster, printed by "The American League Against War and Fascism." The image, calling on Americans to boycott the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936, depicts a carticature Hitler with a bloody executioner's axe beckoning visitors to visit Germany; lettering in red and black.