Be a U.S. Marine! 1918.

Artist: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)
Size: 28 1/8 x 40 in./71.5 x 101.6 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight stains at edges.
Printer:
Reference: Ref: Flagg, p. 84; Rawls, p. 251; PAI-LXXV, 182
Key Words: Art Nouveau; World War I; American; Propaganda

Be a U.S. Marine! 1918.
Equally strident as "I Want You" (see no. 99), Flagg's exhortation to America's youth is poised on the edge of action: pistol raised, about to aim; foot forward; fatigues rumpled as if in the first motions toward a run.