?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952)
I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY. 1917.
40 3/4x26 inches, 103 1/2x66 cm. Forbes, Boston. Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image; small replaced losses and repaired pin holes in top margin. Framed.
Christy's wartime beauty is a more seductive and less forceful plea than Flagg's "I Want You" poster, appealing to baser instincts than patriotism and guilt. "Sexual provocation was the essence of the Christy girl recruiting posters." (Paret p. 56). Borkan p. 24, Paret 74, IWM I p. 21, Rawls p. 78.
