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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CHARLES COINER (1898-1989) GIVE IT YOUR BEST! 1942. 20x28 1/4 inches, 50 3/4x71 3/4 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Condition A: creases along unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds. The Stars and Stripes in red, white and blue splendor, are made powerful here 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, Mechanical Age 43, Design for Victory p. 13, Posters for Victory p. 10, Judd 2.12, Encyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 353, Pollack p. 159, MoMA 124.1968.
