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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
RICHARD FAYERWEATHER BABCOCK (1887-1954) JOIN THE NAVY. 1917. 38 1/2x27 1/2 inches, 97 3/4x70 cm. Condition B+ / B: repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; minor restoration in margins; creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds. Replete with masculinity and adventure, a sailor is riding bareback on a torpedo. This is an image that may have inspired the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Rawls 72, Theofiles 32, Rickards 161, Borkan p. 23, War Posters 100.
