Aug 06, 2003 - Sale 1975

Sale 1975 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CHARLES COINER GIVE IT YOUR BEST. 1942.
20x281/4 inches.
Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
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.