?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)
JAP . . . YOU'RE NEXT! / BUY EXTRA BONDS. 1945.
28x20 inches, 72x50 3/4 cm. Condition A- / A: minor creases along vertical and horizontal folds and in top right corner; small foxing spots in upper text; slight darkening at left edge. Paper.
A "muscular and aggressive," and therefore unusual image of Uncle Sam (Paret p. 196). Here, our kindly Uncle has taken his jacket off, displaying his star-spangled vest and red striped pants, and is rolling up his sleeve in preparation to fight. Even in this powerful image, the threat is not one of violence, but rather of increased American production, as seen by the wrench in his hand. A smaller variant reads "We'll Finish the Job" at the bottom. Flagg p. 85 (var), Paret 277, Rhodes p. 173 (var), Pollack p. 100.
