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Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
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+ / A-: repaired tear through right margin into image; abrasions, restoration and overpainting at edges; minor creases in image; ink stamp in lower left corner. "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.
