I Want You for U.S. Army. 1917.

Artist: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)
Size: 30 x 40 1/4 in./76.2 x 102.3 cm
Condition: A-/ Unobtrusive folds.
Printer: Leslie-Judge Co., New York
Reference: Ref: Rawls, p. 13; Theofiles, 11; Darracott, p. 13; Le Coultre, p. 208; Flagg, p. 80; Imperial War Museum I, p. 27; PAI-LXXVIII, 288
Key Words: Art Nouveau; World War I; American; Propaganda

I Want You for U.S. Army. 1917.
Although Flagg was already a successful and prolific illustrator by the time World War I started, this poster was to become “his greatest public triumph." He used himself as a model, and the work was "originally used on a Leslie’s Magazine cover in late 1916, and was quickly adopted by the Army when the war broke out. All told nearly 5 million were printed in both world wars” (Theofiles, p. 9).