HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952). GEE!! I WISH I WERE A MAN / I'D JOIN THE NAVY. 1918. 40¾x
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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952) GEE!! I WISH I WERE A MAN / I'D JOIN THE NAVY. 1918.
40¾x26½ inches, 103½x67¼ cm.
Condition B: replaced losses, repaired tears, extensive creases and foxing in margins and image. Framed.
One of two posters by Christy featuring this particular beauty (see previous lot). This one has a narrower focus, seeking recruits for just the Navy, with a more blatant challenge to the public's masculinity, "Be a Man and Do It!" Rawls p. 80, Theofiles p. 46, Weill 216, Darracott 5, Rickards 32, Borkan p. 24.
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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1872-1952). GEE!! I WISH I WERE A MAN / I'D JOIN THE NAVY. 1918. 40¾x
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