Aug 01, 2001 - Sale 1903

Sale 1903 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 1,610
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
GEE!! I WISH I WERE A MAN. 1917.

41x26 7/8 inches.
Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration along margins, slightly affecting image; minor creasing in image.
Showing a pretty brunette dressed in a navy sailor outfit, Christy's classic wartime poster appealed to the American public on many levels, helping to rally "an unenthusiastic populace to support a 'dubious European adventure" as well as "solidify the nation's resolve to sustain a military-industrial effort of unprecedented scale"; lettering in red, black, and blue (American p. 102). Daracott 5, Rickards 32.