[WWI-WWII]. 14 World War I and Word War II posters, incl. examples by CHRISTY, HIRSCH, & ROCKWELL.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
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Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$630
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Lot Description
[WWI-WWII]. 14 World War I and Word War II posters, incl. examples by CHRISTY, HIRSCH, & ROCKWELL.
HIRSCH, Joseph, artist. Till We Meet Again! Buy War Bonds! (folds, some light soiling to verso near folds). -- ROCKWELL, Norman, artist. Save Freedom of Speech. Buy War Bonds. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1943 (some short tears to margins, folds). -- EVELEIGH, Henry, artist. Let's Go...Canada! (some creasing and wear to margins). -- BROWN, Arthur William, artist. For Your Boy. United War Work Campaign November 11-18, 1918. Philadelphia: Ketterlinus, 1918 (significant wear to margins, including 5 1/4 in. tear extending from right edge, corner loss). -- WILLIAMS, artist. What have you given? (paper residue above "have," wear to margins including chipping, creasing, short tears). -- Ring it again. Buy US Gov't. Bonds. Third Liberty Loan. New York: Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. (2) (one example with top right corner fully separated, wear to margins). -- Buy Liberty Bonds. Features portrait of Lincoln with quote below (2) (each with wear to margins including short tears, some corner loss). -- Says Mike: It's got to be right -- to Win the Fight. Ottawa, Canada (folds, chipping and creasing to margins). -- KAUFFER, E. Mcknight, artist. Greece Fights On. Washington, DC: Greek Office of Information (folds, creasing, chipping and wear to margins). -- BABCOCK, R. Fayerweather, artist. The Foster Mother of the World. Preserve Her, Improve Her Stock, Help Her to Produce More and Better Dairy Products. Illinois: Department of Agriculture (2) (each with wear to margins, including few large tears and loss to lower right corner of one example). -- CHRISTY, Howard Chandler, artist. Fight or Buy Bonds. Third Liberty Loan. Boston: Forbes, 1917 (wear to margins, including chipping, areas of loss, 4 1/2 in. tear along right edge).
Together, 14 posters, smallest 20 x 26 1/4 in., largest 40 x 60 in. Condition generally fair. All with wear to margins, including creasing, chipping, short tears.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
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