Aug 01, 2012 - Sale 2284

Sale 2284 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 13,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960) I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917.
40x29 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x75 cm. [Leslie-Judge Co., New York.]
Condition A-: horizontal fold; ink stamp at bottom. Paper. Framed.
"The best known American poster of all time" (Darracott xviii), and clearly "a cultural icon" (Power 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 and Image p. 48, Johnson 24, Power of The Poster 156, War Posters 18.