August 1, 2012
Live Auction104 East 25th Street
New York, NY, 10010 USA
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing NotesExhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2284 - Vintage Posters - begins at 10:30am in New York on Wed, August 1. All material in Sale 2284 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Thurs, July 26: 10am to 6pm - Fri, July 27: 10am to 5pm - Mon, July 30: 10am to 6pm - Tues, July 31: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
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Lot 1: DESIGNER UNKNOWN. "AMERICA IS READY." 1917. 40x27 inches, 101x70 cm. The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland.
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Description: DESIGNER UNKNOWN "AMERICA IS READY." 1917. 40x27 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x70 cm. The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland. Condition B+: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears in margins. This black and white, 5-reel film was released in March, 1917: after President Wilson's severing of diplomatic negotiations with Germany in February and prior to his declaration of war, in April. Very little information remains about the film itself except that it highlights America's military preparedness by depicting depicts cadets from West Point and Plattsburgh, New York, undergoing exercises and training. The image itself is colorful and dramatic enough to be an election poster, although Ironically Wilson won his second term as President in 1916, primarily on the slogan "He kept us out of war."
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Lot 2: DESIGNER UNKNOWN. AMERICANS ALL. 1942. 40x27 inches, 101x69 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
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Description: DESIGNER UNKNOWN AMERICANS ALL. 1942. 40x27 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x69 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Condition B+: restoration and minor discoloration along vertical and horizontal folds. During World War I, Howard Chandler Christy designed a poster with the same title and the same theme.
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Lot 3: DESIGNER UNKNOWN. BUY YOUR VICTORY BONDS. 1917. 50x35 inches, 128x90 cm.
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Description: DESIGNER UNKNOWN BUY YOUR VICTORY BONDS. 1917. 50 1/2x35 1/2 inches, 128 1/4x90 1/4 cm. Condition A-: vertical and horizontal folds; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Framed. Rawls p. 13.
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Lot 4: DESIGNER UNKNOWN. DIG IN. 1917. 41x28 inches, 104x71 cm. H.F. Rawll, New York.
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Description: DESIGNER UNKNOWN DIG IN. 1917. 41x28 inches, 104x71 cm. H.F. Rawll, New York. Condition B+: restored tears and creases in margins and image; discoloration in margins; pin holes in corners.
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Lot 5: DESIGNER UNKNOWN. GUARD OUR SHORES. 1941. 37x25 inches, 94x63 cm.
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Description: DESIGNER UNKNOWN GUARD OUR SHORES. 1941. 37 1/4x25 inches, 94 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration in margins and image; abrasions in image.
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