Aug 04, 2010 - Sale 2220

Sale 2220 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952) IN HER WHEATLESS KITCHEN. 1918.
78 1/2x40 inches, 199 1/2x101 1/2 cm. Alpha Litho Co, New York.
Condition B / B+: restoration and minor losses along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears in image; darkened overall. Four sheets.
As part of the conservation effort during the First World War, Americans, "In addition to meat and eggs . . . were urged to cut back on wheat, the single most vital food item, and to eat corn and barley instead, which were in good supply" (Rawls p. 118). This is the large format. extremely rare. Rawls p. 118 (var).