?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY. 1917. 41 1/4x27 inches. Forbes, Boston. Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses, overpainting and creases in margins and image. 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.
