Aug 05, 2009 - Sale 2185

Sale 2185 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
CHARLES COINER (1898-1989) GIVE IT YOUR BEST! 1942.
20x28 1/2 inches, 51x73 cm. U. S. Government Printing Office.
Condition A.
The Stars and Stripes in their red, white and blue splendor. Powerful in its simple and bold presentation, by some accounts a forerunner of the series of paintings by Jasper Johns. "The best American designs utilise the vernacular tradition, the style of the carnival or the parade" (Judd p. 38). This is the smaller version. Word & Image p. 91, Berman 43, Design for Victory p. 13, Posters for Victory p. 10, Judd 2.12, West Point p. 10.