HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952). IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT! / JOIN THE MARINES. 1915. 40x30 inches,
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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952) IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT! / JOIN THE MARINES. 1915.
40x30 inches, 101½x76¼ cm.
Condition B+: replaced bottom corners; repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins; creases in image; slight darkening and small loss at upper right corner.
An early sexy, taunting, challenging and daring recruitment poster, done two years before the United States entered World War I. Christy played upon "the confusion of genders [that] provided posters with provocative images like this . . . whose purpose is the seduction of men into service" (Paret p. 64). Rawls p. 249, Paret 89, Theofiles 66, Borkan p. 39, American Style 64.
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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952). IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT! / JOIN THE MARINES. 1915. 40x30 inches,
Estimate $1,200 - $1,800
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