Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
World War I Recruiting Poster: Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man, I'd Join the Navy. Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952).
Lithograph on paper, wrapped on foam core, with some old folds and marginal tears, with the stamp of the recruiting station.
Christy's iconic image of the would-be female sailor, with energetic painterly text in red and blue.
Estimate $1,000-1,500