Aug 06, 2014 - Sale 2356

Sale 2356 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CHARLES CHAMBERS (1883-1941) [FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR.] 1918.
29 1/2x19 3/4 inches, 75x50 1/4 cm. Rusling Wood Litho., N.Y.
Condition B+ / B: pin holes in corners; tear in right margin affecting text; repaired tear through top margin. Mounted on mesh gauze.
Published by the U.S. Food Administration, this poster reminds immigrants of the beauty, promise and joy of arriving in New York Harbor in an appeal for their help saving food to feed the Allies. To reach as broad an immigrant base as possible, this poster appeared in several different languages including English, Italian and Hungarian. This is the Yiddish version. Magnes p. 49, Rawls p. 113, Theofiles p. 94 (var), Borkan p. 60, Gallo p. 92.