Aug 06, 2008 - Sale 2152

Sale 2152 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
NEYSA MCMEIN (1890-1949) FOR VICTORY. Circa 1918.
46 1/2x29 1/2 inches, 118x75 cm. Devambez, Paris.
Condition B+: creases in margins and image; unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; minor losses in top margin.
A rare and unusual poster promoting a meeting by a women's group to help aid in the war effort. That the poster for an event held in Paris is in English is indicative of the number of American and British women who were serving as nurses in France during the war.