Wake Up, America! 1917.
Artist: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)Size: 28 1/8 x 41 3/4 in./71.5 x 106 cmCondition: A-/ Unobtrusive folds.Printer: The Hegeman Print, New YorkReference: Ref: Rawls, cover & frontispiece; Theofiles, 7; Flagg, p. 68; PAI-LXXVIII, 217Key Words: Art Nouveau; World War I; American; PropagandaWake Up, America! 1917.Columbia sleeps, clothed within the Stars and Stripes on a front-porch rocker in this alarm clock to the nation. One of the best and rarest of World War I posters, its slogan has been used as a title for innumerable books, including Rawls' famous "World War I and the American Poster"—and its message is seemingly inexhaustible and just as potent today as 103 years ago.Price: $6000(starting bid + 20% buyer’s premium)Want this item?Place an online bid, or CALL US NOW for this special price212-787-4000Until March 3 only!
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Artist: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)Size: 28 1/8 x 41 3/4 in./71.5 x 106 cmCondition: A-/ Unobtrusive folds.Printer: The Hegeman Print, New YorkReference: Ref: Rawls, cover & frontispiece; Theofiles, 7; Flagg, p. 68; PAI-LXXVIII, 217Key Words: Art Nouveau; World War I; American; PropagandaWake Up, America! 1917.Columbia sleeps, clothed within the Stars and Stripes on a front-porch rocker in this alarm clock to the nation. One of the best and rarest of World War I posters, its slogan has been used as a title for innumerable books, including Rawls' famous "World War I and the American Poster"—and its message is seemingly inexhaustible and just as potent today as 103 years ago.Price: $6000(starting bid + 20% buyer’s premium)Want this item?Place an online bid, or CALL US NOW for this special price212-787-4000Until March 3 only!
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