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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952) I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY. 1917. 40x25 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x64 3/4 cm. Forbes, [Boston.] Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds and in margins and image; trimmed. 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, Rickards 14.
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