Feb 03, 2005 - Sale 2031

Sale 2031 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CHARLES COINER GIVE IT YOUR BEST. 1942.
28x40 inches. U.S. Government Printing Office.
Condition B: pinholes in corners; minor tears along vertical and horizontal folds; darkened. Paper.
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 larger format. Word & Image p. 91, Berman 43, Design for Victory p. 13, Posters for Victory p. 10, Judd 2.12.