Aug 06, 2014 - Sale 2356

Sale 2356 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 1,216
?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, 50 3/4x72 1/2 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Condition A-: creases and light time-staining along vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
The Stars and Stripes in red, white and blue splendor, and powerful in their simple and bold presentation, this poster is, by some accounts, a forerunner of the series of paintings by Jasper Johns. "The best American designs utilize the vernacular tradition, the style of the carnival or the parade" (Judd p. 38). This is the smallest of three formats. Word & Image p. 91, Berman 43, Design for Victory p. 13, Posters for Victory p. 10, Judd 2.12.