Feb 02, 2012 - Sale 2267

Sale 2267 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
CHARLES E. CHAMBERS (1883-1941) [FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR.] 1918.
30x20 inches, 76x51 cm. Rusling Wood Litho., N.Y.
Condition A-: minor tears and creases at edges; pencil markings on verso. Paper.
Published by the U.S. Food Administration, this poster reminds immigrants of the beauty, promise and joy of arriving in New York Harbor, in an appeal for their help saving food to feed the Allies. To reach as broad an immigrant base as possible, this poster appeared in several different languages, including English, Italian and Hungarian. This is the Yiddish version, the most desirable of all the variations. Magnes p. 49, Rawls p. 113, Theofiles p. 94 (var), Borkan p. 60, Gallo p. 92.