Aug 06, 2008 - Sale 2152

Sale 2152 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
JONAS LIE (1880-1940) ON THE JOB FOR VICTORY. 1918.
30x39 inches, 76x99 cm. Printed by W.P. Powers Co. Litho., New York.
B+ restored losses at edges, slighty affecting image; repaired tears in margins and image.
With the Emergency Fleet Corporation rushing to put as many ships into the water as possible at the outset of the war, this image, with its impressive display of technological might, must have struck pride in the hearts of American working men. This is the small format. It "emphasizes the pragmatic organization underlying America's boundless strength" (Paret p. 80). Theofiles 270, Borkan p. 57, Paret fig. 115, p. 80, Rawls pgs. 186-187.