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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960) I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917. 39 3/4x29 3/4 inches, 101x75 1/2 cm. Leslie-Judge Co., New York. Condition B+: minor losses and tears at edges; creases in margins and image; time-staining in left margin. Paper. Framed. "The best known American poster of all time" (Darracott xviii) and clearly "a cultural icon" (Power of the Poster p. 162) of 20th century imagery and propaganda. 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.
