Aug 03, 2023 - Sale 2643

Sale 2643 - Lot 143

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)

I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917.


40 1/4x30 inches, 102 1/4x76 cm. Leslie-Judge Co., New York.
Condition B+: creases, losses, abrasions, repaired tears, replaced losses, minor foxing and adhesive stains in margins; minor creases and abrasions in image and along vertical and horizontal folds.

"The best known American poster of all time" (Darracott xviii) and clearly "a cultural icon" of 20th century imagery and propaganda (Power of the Poster p. 162). Flagg p. 80 and cover, American Style 60, IWM I p. 27, Rawls p. 13, Theofiles 11, Darracott 13, Rickards 14, Borkan p. 13, Word & Image p. 48, Modern American 24, Power of The Poster 156, War Posters 18.