Aug 01, 2007 - Sale 2120

Sale 2120 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY THE MOTOR CORPS OF AMERICA. 1918.
43 x 33 1/2 inches. (109 x 85 cm.)
Condition B+: horizontal creases; tears and staining at edges. Paper.
The Motor Corps was a volunteer organization that worked with the Red Cross providing rescue and emergency medical treatment. Here, a young female volunteer is wearing the Motor Corps brown cap and uniform and carrying a stretcher. One of the artist's rarest war girls, this variation of the poster is rarer yet, announcing a fund raising Horse Show; lettering in light blue. Rawls p. 61 (var).