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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
CHARLES COINER (1898-1989) GIVE IT YOUR BEST! 1942. 28x40 inches, 71x101 1/2 cm. Government Printing Office. Condition B+: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; restored pin-holes in corners; minor repaired tears along left edge. The Stars and Stripes in 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 utilize the vernacular tradition, the style of the carnival or the parade" (Judd p. 38). This is the middle size, of three formats. Word & Image p. 91, Berman 43, Design for Victory p. 13, Posters for Victory p. 10, Judd 2.12.
