Aug 06, 2008 - Sale 2152

Sale 2152 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY [1873-1952] GEE!! I WISH I WERE A MAN. 1918.
41x26 7/8 inches, 104x68 1/2 cm.
Condition A-: minor creases at edges and image. Paper.
One of two posters by Christy featuring this particular beauty. The other, with a tan background, pushes for service in the Naval Reserve or Coast Guard. This one has a narrower focus, seeking recruits for just the Navy, with a more blatant challenge to the public's masculinity, "Be a Man and Do It!" Rawls p. 80, Theofiles p. 46, Weill 216, Darracott 5, Rickards 32, Borkan p. 24.