Aug 03, 2011 - Sale 2252

Sale 2252 - Lot 129

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CHARLES STAFFORD DUNCAN (1892-1952) IT TAKES A MAN TO FILL IT. 1918.
42x28 inches, 106 3/4x71 cm. Schmidt Litho., San Francisco.
Condition B+: minor tears at edges and corners; creases in image. Paper.
A very 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). Paret 73, War Posters p. 85, not in Borkan, not in Rawls.