?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960) JAP . . . YOU'RE NEXT! / BUY EXTRA BONDS. 1945. 27 3/4x20 inches, 70 1/2x51 cm. Recruiting Publicity Bureau. Condition B+: repaired tears and minor overpainting in margins; water stain in left margin into image; creases and minor overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired pin holes in upper corners. A "muscular and aggressive," (Paret p. 196) and therefore unusual image of Uncle Sam. 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. Flagg p. 85 (var), Paret 277, Rhodes p. 173 (var), Pollack p. 100.
