Aug 05, 2009 - Sale 2185

Sale 2185 - Lot 66

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952) THE MOTOR CORPS OF AMERICA. 1918.
43x33 1/2 inches, 109x85 cm.
Condition B: tears, losses and foxing in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
The Motor Corps was a volunteer organization that worked with the Red Cross to provide rescue and emergency medical treatment. One of the artist's rarest war girls, this variation of the poster is rarer yet, announcing a fund raising Horse Show. Rawls p. 61 (var), Borkan p. 49 (var).