Aug 03, 2023 - Sale 2643

Sale 2643 - Lot 151

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

JOSEPH C. LEYENDECKER (1874-1951)

ORDER COAL NOW. 1918.


29 1/2x20 inches, 75x51 cm. Edwards and Deutsch Litho Co., Chicago.
Condition A- / A: minor tear at bottom edge; creases at edges. Paper.

Originally painted in oils, Leyendecker produced this poster for the Division of Pictorial Publicity, which passed their designs on to government departments, in this case the U.S. Fuel Administration, free of charge. In commenting on this piece, The Poster magazine declared, "this virile poster . . . is one of the best that have had their origins in the war." Rawls p. 8, DFP-I 285, IWM I 40, Darracott 29, Keay p. 70, Theofiles 89.