Aug 06, 2003 - Sale 1975

Sale 1975 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
TOM WOODBURN DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY / UNITED STATES ARMY. 1940.
38x25 inches. Spurgeon Tucker, New York.
Condition A.
An enraged Uncle Sam has dropped his hat and coat and is rolling up his sleeves to take on an unseen adversary, with the American eagle by his side. A pre-war enlistment poster that may have influenced James Montgomery Flagg two years later in his Jap--You're Next poster. "This poster was later used on highway billboards and in edited form was used as the first poster on an express truck for Railway Express" (Posters for Victory p. 36). Judd 1.3.