Aug 05, 2021 - Sale 2577

Sale 2577 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

CHARLES STAFFORD DUNCAN (1892-1952)

IT TAKES A MAN TO FILL IT / JOIN THE NAVY. 1918.


40 3/4x26 1/2 inches, 103 1/2x67 1/4 cm. Schmidt Litho., San Francisco.
Condition A- / A: minor restoration in bottom margin. Framed.

A rare World War I poster printed and distributed only on the West Coast. "This strong design continues the concentration on essentials of the best pre-war posters by combining a simple image with a brief text into the definition of military service as a proof of virility" (Paret p. 54). War Posters 97, Paret 73.