?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952) I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY. 1917. 41x27 inches, 104x68 1/2 cm. Forbes, Boston. Condition B / B+: loss in upper left corner; sharp horizontal creases; tears at edges; water stain in bottom left corner. Paper. 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). Rawls p. 78, Paret 74, Borkan 24.
