Aug 06, 2003 - Sale 1975

Sale 1975 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 489
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
SIDNEY H. REISENBERG BE A U.S. MARINE. 1917.
391/2x281/4 inches.
Condition B+: wrinkles, creases and repaired tears in margins.
One of the more famous of the World War I marine images. The marine depcited became affectionately known as "walking John" and that name has been given to any sargeant, appearing in his dress blues, depicted in a poster. Rawls p. 252, Borkan p. 38.