Feb 11, 2016 - Sale 2405

Sale 2405 - Lot 253

Price Realized: $ 7,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960) I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917.
40x29 3/4 inches, 101 1/2x75 1/2 cm. Leslie-Judge Co., New York.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears and darkening in upper left margin; minor creases in margins; light offsetting along horizontal fold.
"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 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.