I WANT YOU FOR THE U.S. ARMY, 1917. Original vintage WW1 (30 x 40″, 98 x 131cms) recruitment poster for sale. This ubiquitous design has been replicated, reused and repurposed many times since it’s creation in 1917 by James Montgomery Flagg. Flagg was a prolific artist and illustrated for magazines of the period such as Saturday Evening Post, Colliers and Judge but he best remembered for this poster which was actually inspired by a similar poster used in England depicting Lord Kitchener requesting Britons to Join the Army. This particular poster was used at Tremont Row which was a short street near, Scollay Square in Boston Massachusetts. A red stamp appears near the base – other posters we have dealt with have had a street address of 22 on Tremont Row.
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)
Prior to linen backing this poster had some damage to the bottom left, the lower and bottom right margins and a hole near the “U”. We have cleaned, linen backed and restored this poster at our studios and this is a very rare opportunity to acquire what perhaps what is one of the most famous posters ever to be made!
Condition C8 – For Sale $10,500 Linen Backed & Restored.
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