?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952) I WANT YOU / FOR THE NAVY. 1917. 41 1/2x27 inches, 105 1/2x65 1/2 cm. Fores, Boston. Condition B / B+: restored losses, repaired tears, restoration and overpainting in margins and bottom left corner; creases and staining in margins and image. A more seductive and less forceful appeal 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). Rawls p. 78, Borkan p. 24, Paret 74, Barnicoat p. 239.
